Having lived in Australia for 3 years, I've been surprised their 3 major areas were mining, tourism and international education. Even Syndey's next big bet is t

Having lived in Australia for 3 years, I've been surprised their 3 major areas were mining, tourism and international education. Even Syndey's next big bet is to build a huge casino. They sound ephemeral, like just taking the money where it is. Of course they're richer than Europe, but isn't it better to build industrial sectors (I mean transformation industries with know-how) and research?