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Mine-field: The Dark Side of Australia's Resource Frenzy by Paul Cleary
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'It is not a case of governments and companies putting royalties and profits before people; instead it is as though people don't matter at all ...' In Mine-Field, Paul Cleary counts the true cost of Australia's mineral addiction. Whether it be coal-seam gas, LNG or coal mega-mines, a resources rush is h ...Show more
The Men Who Came Out of the Ground by Paul Cleary
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
'Breathtaking in its scope and riveting in its research.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD It was early 1942, Australia was in dire straits. The seemingly all-conquering Japanese military forces had rolled over south-east Asia. Singapore had Fallen. Only a few hundred men remained in Timor. These soldiers, the 2/ ...Show more
The Men Who Came Out of the Ground by Paul Cleary
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military History
By February 1942 the Japanese had invaded the Dutch East Indies as part of their push south. All that stood in the way of their moving significant resources to take part in the main fighting in Papua New Guinea was a force of 700 Australian commandos and a few hundred Dutch soldiers. After months of ski ...Show more
Title Fight: How the Yindjibarndi battled and defeated a mining giant by Paul Cleary
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A David-and-Goliath story set in the ancient landscape of the Pilbara In the space of just fifteen years, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group has built a global iron-ore giant generating $19 billion in revenue a year. But in its rush to develop, FMG has damaged and destroyed ancient Aborig ...Show more
Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia's Future by Paul Cleary
$24.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
In Too Much Luck, Paul Cleary shows that the resources boom, which seems like a blessing, has the potential to become a curse unless our governments take urgent action. Today, under-taxed and under-regulated multinational companies make a tidy profit by selling off our non-renewable resources. As the mi ...Show more
Trillion Dollar Baby: How Tiny Norway Beat the Oil Giants and Won a Lasting Fortune by Paul Cleary
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
For most of its history, Norway eked out a marginal existence from fishing, forestry and shipping. But things changed in 1969, when the country found one of the world's biggest offshore oilfields. As the revenue started to flow, Norway began to create the world's best system for developing mineral resou ...Show more
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