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by A2017U1 2518 days ago
How is that relevant? Australian wages are high because of a long period of unionised action demanding better wages and working conditions in the 20th century. It's tangential to having a lot of natural resources.

Norwegian wages are good too, Venezuelan and Saudi wages are terrible.

We squandered all our mineral wealth on nonsense, have huge respect for what the Norwegians have achieved with their fund.