"I remember being told numerous times that all that matters for Aussie gold miners is the Australian dollar gold price."
Whoever told you this is a fool, and is being proved wrong month after month.
ASX based equities, even gold ones, are NOT going to rise with the AUD POG when there are too many influencing factors at play such as taxes, low dividends, and general stockmarket chaos.
This may change some day in the future, but the trend is your friend, and the trend is not up for equities.
