New WA gold royalty proposal announced, miners unimpressed

The Western Australian government has made a fresh attempt to increase the gold royalty rate, but the state’s gold miners are unimpressed, describing the new proposal as “no more than a repackaged version of the original” plan. Treasurer Ben Wyatt on Tuesday unveiled a revised gold royalty rate, after the government’s initial attempt failed to pass in October, when opposition parties blocked the move in the Upper House of Parliament.