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Luckiest country’s wealth wasted

We could be the richest people on Earth

22 June 2024

9:00 AM

22 June 2024

9:00 AM

In terms of trade this century, Australia must be the world’s luckiest country. But like a lottery winner who has inadvertently destroyed his winning lottery ticket, Australians could be among  the world’s unluckiest people.

Much of the wealth from Australia’s assets has either benefited foreign corporations or has been wasted by governments not held to account as the constitutional system intends.

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