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Mining enthusiast new candidate for Katter’s Australia Party

Katter candidate throws hat in ring: mining, Aborigines on Australia Party agenda Central Western Daily 25 Jan 13 BRIAN Cain was officially endorsed as the Calare candidate for Katter’s Australia Party on Wednesday, with  Aboriginal equality and improving the image of mining high on his agenda…… Mr Cain spoke about how the Greens had tarnished the image of the mining industry and he wanted to give the industry a public relations facelift in the eyes of Calare constituents….. Mr Cain worked in the mining industry for 40 years. ….. Mr Cain wants Aboriginal people to have more involvement, particularly in mining.

He said 98 per cent of people employed by the mining industry in Australia’s north were Aboriginal, yet only 2 per cent of people employed in the south were Aboriginal….. http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/1256428/katter-candidate-throws-hat-in-ring-mining-aborigines-on-australia-party-agenda/?cs=103

January 24, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics