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| Subject: HOW much does it cost to bring down an OZschwitz prime minister? The answer: a tad over $22 million Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:39 am | |
| HOW much does it cost to bring down a prime minister? The answer: a tad over $22 million.
That's how much the mining industry spent in six weeks last year on its campaign against Kevin Rudd's plan for a resource super profit tax.
The advertising and public relations campaign dominated the airwaves in May and June.
But the Australian Electoral Commission's political spending disclosures for 2009-10, released yesterday, reveal just how much the miners spent campaigning against the plans to levy a 40 per cent tax on their ''super'' profits.
The campaign contributed significantly to a slump in Labor's electoral standing in the middle of last year, which prompted Labor MPs to replace Mr Rudd as prime minister with Julia Gillard.
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