There's no collective shrug - unfortunately the inner city outrage becomes self-serving ignorance the further north you go. Mining jobs have always paid better

There's no collective shrug - unfortunately the inner city outrage becomes self-serving ignorance the further north you go. Mining jobs have always paid better, and no one want's to change careers to work in tourism or reskill for supporting sustainable energy. Places like Gladstone have seen a 50% collapse in property prices after a lot of mines shifted from construction to operational and demand dropped. That same self-serving ignorance has now kept people like Peter "he who would be king" Dutton in Government. It's not all bad though as there's currently money to be made in mine regeneration projects as mines are closed which is a good thing for jobs with hopefully environmental benefits.