[gizajob]

But all Australians are free to go and earn $200,000pa working in the mines in WA...

[llamaLord]

Except nobody actually works in those mines, there’ they’re effectively entirely automated.

There were jobs around in the 2010’s during a mining “construction” boom, but once the mines were built 90% of the jobs went too.

[ehnto]

Even the trains have been automated, which I assume has been historically difficult only because of unions and safety regulations. A bit easier to pull off in the remote outback I suspect.