Australian Mining readers on Australia's east coast will probably dismiss the idea of Western Australia seceding as some kind of a joke, but they underestimate the anger of the state's resources sector.
And it's not just the mining industry that's irate, a recent online survey on WA Today's website revealed that close to two thirds (63 percent) of the 7585 respondents said Western Australia should consider secession (leaving the Commonwealth) over the upcoming imposition of a mining tax (MRRT - Mineral Resource Rent Tax) and the state's perceived shabby treatment by Canberra.
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