Rising cost of living hits low paid – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) August 13, 2007
Posted by Nathan Hobby in Western Australia, current affairs, some people i hate.Tags: mining boom
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Rising cost of living hits low paid – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
In WA, average wages have gone up 5%; rental by 17% and food by 11%. This is why the mining boom is bad! It’s created two classes of people in Western Australia – those that win and those that lose. I hope all the minerals run out soon.
(Yes, I realise that would be disastrous for the economy.)
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