Australian mining brings wave of riches
From train drivers to sex workers, hundreds are benefitting from country’s resource boom – especially those at the top.
Published On 5 Jan 2014
Thousands of tradespeople commute from Perth by plane, working 12-hour shifts on 24-hour-a-day mining operations.
Even the newest qualified earn well over $100,000 a year, but the money has consequences: In towns near mines, prices for everything from property to services are high.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Western Australia.
Source: Al Jazeera