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Give small miners a bureaucratic break: Australian Labor MP

MINING.com Editor | May 08, 2013 | 4:13 am Energy Precious Metals Australia Coal Gold Iron Ore 

Western Australia Labor senator Mark Bishop says the government should revise the Mineral Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) to protect small miners with annual profits below A$75 million. He claims that the current tax hurts small miners indirectly, as they pay...

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