a unique combination of the libertarian leftism of capital city - read: Sydney and Melbourne - elites that we can read every day in the Fairfax press and the pompous condescension of a fly-in fly-out visitor from 'the old country' click hereWe like many of the observations made in the Economist article. Of great interest to us is the following graphic which lends context to WA's current dispute with the Commonwealth over GST receipts and mining tax revenues:
Of course we all like to see the "good news story" such as the following chart entitled "Where the Aussies Score" (with the exception of the gambling table):