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arkofjoy t1_j7s7jub wrote

As usual the Libs go for the old saw "dem jerbs"

More and more mines are automated these days. How many actual jobs would this mine have created, as opposed to how many people are employed by tourism for the great barrier reef?

Many years ago there was a plan to log the Daintree Forrest, which, at the time was going to bring in 30 million dollars A year. Except that it would create run off that would again destroy the reef and local tourism operators created 120 million dollars of business every year.

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addysol t1_j7tdhuf wrote

Iirc it was only going to be ~300 jobs for the couple of years of construction then bugger all operations jobs but people still wanted this stupid shit to go ahead

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arkofjoy t1_j7ww00r wrote

Unfortunately, too many people don't do their homework, and so they have been in the past stirred up by the "greenies just want to take our jobs"

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