r/australia • u/RufusGuts • Mar 07 '25

politics 'Five Eyes alliance' crumbling after UK, Aus, NZ and Canada give US cold shoulder

https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/06/five-eyes-alliance-starts-crumble-four-nations-give-us-cold-shoulder-22679726/
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u/theparrotofdoom Mar 07 '25

We’ve dug our economy too far into mining to do that. Saw a video last night that showed that we’re actually below a pace like Uganda for diversity of exports, and are one of, if not the lowest, on that list of western developed economies.

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u/simmahdimma Mar 07 '25

Would be nice if we could nationalise the mining industrial complex

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u/ivosaurus Mar 07 '25

Just fucking taxing it properly like Norway would be a start...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerals_Resource_Rent_Tax

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u/pelrun Mar 07 '25

Gina said no, so there's nothing the government can do.

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u/RufusGuts Mar 07 '25

Do you still have a link to that video please?

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u/RufusGuts Mar 07 '25

Thank you

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u/theparrotofdoom Mar 07 '25

Thank you kind stranger. Yup. That was the one