Bob2000; the article / link below is just one example.
Sadly for normal Australians, it's systemic and supported by incredibly lax corporate regulation, lazy and toothless regulators, poor financial monitoring and the allegedly criminal behaviour of the likes of the CBA and into which the government even REFUSED to initiate a RC!
"... A new report finds exploration by coal and energy companies is subsidised by Australian taxpayers by as much as $US3.5 billion ($4 billion) every year in the form of direct spending and tax breaks. ..."
