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[lilelvis2000]

Once the Chinese have extracted all Oz's mineral wealth it'll return to the sleepy 3rd rate provincial economic backwater it is.
The Ozzies are a bit like Arabs, their economy is nothing without their natural resources.

Far better than relying on bankers IMHO.

[administrator]

Far better than relying on bankers IMHO.

WLES! And at least they get a bit of sunshine over there. Not too keen on the poisonous beasties but at least it's warm

[doodab]

Once the Chinese have extracted all Oz's mineral wealth it'll return to the sleepy 3rd rate provincial economic backwater it is.
The Ozzies are a bit like Arabs, their economy is nothing without their natural resources.

A bit like ours since we stopped mining coal

[DimPrawn]

A bit like ours since we stopped mining coal

You mean stopped selling houses to each other at ever increasing prices. That basically was our whole economy.

[kingcook]

I was getting 18 dollars an hour for working behind a bar in 2001.

I was paying $9 for each pint drank on the other side of the bar last year in 2012