"It is as a result of the miners succesfull fight against the...

"It is as a result of the miners succesfull fight against the tax that Rudd was felled."

The miners might have won the battle against Rudd, but they will lose the war against the government. No national government (Labor or Liberal) can allow sectional interests to dictate its public policy formulation. A majority of the Australian people, in the coming election, will put a stop to that.