Australia’s mining industry gets its coolies

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By Leith van Onselen

Apparently there’s a new mining jobs boom that will be filled almost exclusively by migrant workers because Aussies are too lazy:

FIVE years after Australia celebrated its biggest mining boom in history, the limping industry is picking up again — but this time around it seems like Aussies aren’t planning on picking up the slack or the giant pay packets.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.