the gov should protect Capital assets .. money has been spent/wasted by Australians everywhere ..bui, page-4

This is what you call a free market. Businesses get chewed up and spat out every day of the week.

There are many cartels in the market. Woolworth / Coles, the big 4 banks to name a few, however I don't believe BHP and RIO are colluding.

The key to survival for smaller IO companies is having access to quality infrastructure and lowering their costs. As I've said, before you have to adapt and change with the times. Government intervention is not the way to go. Barnett himself today has said that he's not going to raise the royalties rate.