The same as providing susidies for 20+ years for car manufacturers.

well that poses another question then doesn't it??

why should we subsidize mining when we wouldn't subsidize our manufacturing industry.  Lots of families hurting over that

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@debra9275 wrote:

someone I know was at Victoria University

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Highly likely, it churns out heaps of people.

it does

Not much like car industry subsidies at all really.

Almost all countries subsidise their car manufacturing, which provides many jobs at home.  A foreign coal mine who sends the products and profits off shore and brings much of their own workforce should not require any Aus gov funding.

A subsidy is a subsidy.

Both sides of Gov't provide them.

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@debra9275 wrote:

it does

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Were you wanting to know where I got mine from ?

I think we were paying something like $118 per car Glee, was just talking to someone in the know about that yesterday.

other countries pay a much higher subsidy than that

no, not really interested, I just know how easy they are to get, that's all

Yes and No. I was no scholar so had to put in the time.

I also did a couple of extra subjects.

But time wise, yes, it was not that noerous on time.

I think it would be easier now with the internet and most info on line or CD's as opposed to have to drag books

out of the library and numerous reports etc and then hand write the report. Computers were just coming in.

I hadn't looked at it for 20 years and just went and got it out, to make sure I still had it

anyway $118 per car is not much considering all the thousands of  workers who paid taxes back to the govt and paid their wages back into our own Australian economy