Miners accused of intimidation tactics Sunday June 20, 2010, 10:50 am
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has accused some mining companies of intimidating other businesses from publicly supporting the Government's mining tax package.
Resources companies are running a strong campaign against the proposed 40 per cent tax.
The Government says its still negotiating with the industry about aspects of the proposal and transitional arrangements.
But Mr Swan has told Channel Ten some companies are acting dishonourably.
"Unfortunately, behind the scenes a small number of companies are using strongarm tactics to silence other companies, both in the mining sector and more broadly in the economy, from commenting favourably," he said.
Nationals Leader Warren Truss dismissed the suggestion that miners acted dishonourably.
If (small) general citizen(s) is acting like this will be subject to serious penalty !
