A Bonanza for Perth, page-3

and yet it will be a poisoned Chalice for many most probably, Mining booms look great from afar, but up close they bring a Pandoras box of sh*t as well. Managed by a State Government with vision and social responsibility and able to stare down the mining bully pit culture so pervasive in this town is beyond historical experience. McGowan is in a unique position due to covid to manage things a lot better than previously positioned governments but he's no more than a populist pom with little of the qualities that wont just entrench the suburban elitism and white male colonialist mentality that thrives from the trickle down economics mentality that has dogged this isolated and insular city since that first row boat headed up the Swan River. His beloved Rockingham is a fn disaster that is no doubt the template to avoid.
Perth with a mining province on its northern doorstep could demonstrate to the world how to get it right. History says it won't.