Mining Cartel Topples Aussie Government…Again

On June 24, 2010 Australian Labor Party Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was forced to suddenly step down.  Rudd’s undoing came after weeks of ads run by multinational mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton convinced voters that a 40% tax Rudd has proposed on mining companies is a bad idea.  God forbid the Australian public gets a little something for their minerals.