Mine-Field : The Dark Side of Australia's Resources Rush

'It is not a case of governments and companies putting royalties and profits before people; instead it is as though people don't matter at all …'In Mine-Field, Paul Cleary counts the true cost of Australia's mineral addiction.Whether it be coal-seam gas, LNG or coal mega-mines, a resources rush is happening in just about every productive corner of our country. Yet at the same time oversight and regulation have been hollowed out. High-risk projects are being approved without proper assessment of the long-term consequences. Water resources, farmland and national parks are under threat, and peopl