Deep-pocketed miners don’t like it when those with different views wield clout | Lenore Taylor

The Minerals Council seems mostly intent on using its submission to electoral donations committee to kneecap environmental groups opposed to new minesIn 2010 the mining industry’s $22m campaign against Kevin Rudd’s resources tax helped bring down a prime minister. For years it has spent huge sums on donations and advertising and lobbying to exert enormous political influence. But the deep-pocketed miners really don’t like it when those with different views find the cash and the