QLD:Towns must get slice of mining tax: CFMEU

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2010
QLD:Towns must get slice of mining tax: CFMEU

A mining union's calling for some proceeds from the federal government's proposed new
mining tax to be ploughed into social infrastructure in mining towns.

About 100 union delegates from across Queensland have met in Brisbane today .. and
have passed a resolution to support the tax.

But delegates want the federal government to spend some of the money improving the
social fabric of mining towns.

CFMEU national president TONY MAHER says there are increasing numbers of single men
in small mining towns previously occupied by families .. with an escalation in the level
of violence and other social problems.

He says the federal government needs to prioritise social infrastructure over economic
infrastructure like ports and railways .. because mining companies can afford to build
them.

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KEYWORD: MINING TAX (BRISBANE)

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