Ann: Bowdens Silver Project Proceedings, page-26

When the coal $$ dries up in Mudgee, they'd better be ready for some serious poverty.

Honeymoon is just about over for Coal.

They won't be buying wine or staying at B&B's.

Think Crime, Drugs, Violence, joblessness, homelessness.

This "drink red" mob might actually destroy the Mudgee region.

Below article dated 27/06/2023 (yesterday), so it's current news. If the AFR is reporting this, then behind closed doors at BHP, the money for Australia has already dried up and is going overseas. They are just being diplomatic.

All imho.

BHP chief executive Mike Henry’s strike on investing in Queensland should be a wake-up call (copyright link)