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| Subject: Great OZschwitz News: Mitch Hooke gets honoured for his mining tax axe Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:45 pm | |
| Mitch Hooke, the man who spearheaded the campaign to derail Kevin Rudd's mining tax - and helped kill the Labor leader's prime ministership - has been honoured on this Australia Day for his services to the mining industry.
In 2013, Hooke stepped down as head of the Minerals Council of Australia, the lobby group which launched the ferocious 2010 ad campaign against Rudd's mining tax.
According to the Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat, Hooke has been honoured as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for his "significant service to business, particularly to the mining and minerals sector, and to policy development".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/cbd/hes-no-knight-but-mitch-hooke-gets-honoured-for-his-mining-tax-axe-20160125-gmdd3h.html#ixzz3yJKVwVaH |
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