The industry funds courted by Rudd, - dinner at the Lodge, no less, - for their support have not exactly given him a ringing endorsement yet. I wonder why? And why weren't the non-industry funds there?
There are a lot of aspects not yet analysed. Eg. Ken Henry says (State) Royalties will be removed and replaced by the (Federal) Super tax. But the States will not agree to that without a lot of wrangling, and in WA's case, probably never.
So the mining companies may be Rudd's least worry. This whole debacle is such a mess. When we could have been a safe-haven from the Europe mess, and watched the dollars flood in.
