You want a fight, you’ve got one, miners tell Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s speech to the miners was a veiled jibe, but Minerals Council of Australia boss Tania Constable went out-and-out hostile.
As 2004 Australian Idol seventh-place finalist Ricki-Lee Coulter sang John Farnham’s You’re the Voice on Monday night, onlookers could have been forgiven for wondering if mining bosses had made a similar pitch to Minerals Council of Australia chief Tania Constable.
“You’re the voice try, and understand it. Make a noise and make it clear,” Coulter belted out to a packed audience in parliament’s Great Hall as the mains of chicken or lamb were whisked away.
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Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com
