Clive Palmer Vs Paul Howes

June 2, 2010

Resource Super Profits Policy: Tax Reform or Tax Grab

CLIVE PALMER - EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN MINERALOGY PTY LTD

Professor Palmer has over 25 years experience in the Australian resource industry and has had significant success with major projects. 

He is Chairman and Founder of Mineralogy Pty Ltd. ("Mineralogy"), a private Australian Company that has successfully concluded major transactions with a number of companies including the Chinese Government-owned CITIC Pacific Limited (HK Listed), Australasian Resources Limited (ASX Listed) and a Memorandum of Understanding with Fortescue Metals Limited (ASX Listed). 

Mineralogy holds one of the world's major iron ore deposits estimated to be over 160 billion tonnes in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. CITIC Pacific Limited has commenced the development of a A$4 billion project, funded by Chinese Government owned Banks, to export 24 million tonnes of iron ore annually from Western Australia.

Professor Palmer is also a Director of 28 other companies and a leader in the Australian community with business affiliations throughout the world.   

PAUL HOWES- SECRETARY, AUSTRALIAN WORKERS UNION

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Over its 124 year history The Australian Workers' Union has always put job security and job safety at the core of their work on behalf of their membership - now standing at 135,000-plus and growing.
 
This is Paul Howes' third appearance at the National Press Club since he became National Secretary of the AWU in 2007.
 
As the leader of Australia's biggest blue-collar union Paul Howes, who is also an ACTU Vice-President,  is known as an articulate voice in the labour movement, ready to stand up for and promote the interests of working Australians in an intelligent and engaging manner.

Paul Howes has been active in the debate over the Resources Super Profits Tax because his union represents the hard-rock miners across the country and wants to ensure that mining communities share in the wealth being generated by the resources boom.

Paul lives in Sydney and is married to Lucy and has two children - with a third on the way.