The new leader of the National Party in Western Australia (WA) wants to raise $7.2bn over the next three years by increasing taxes on two of the country’s largest mining companies.
The policy would increase the extraction levy paid on iron ore by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton (BHP) to the state from 25 cents a tonne to AU$5.
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