Alcoa also said it would suspend the expansion of the Wagerup alumina refinery in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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In principle the RBA could change its inflation target, ignoring prices in the mining state of Western Australia and perhaps the Northern Territory.

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Paddy Gorman, spokesman for the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union, said none of the miners at Agnew Gold Mine in resource-rich Western Australia state is a member of the mining union.

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The premier of Western Australia, the state where the Pilbara is located, is muttering about increasing royalties.

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In Broken Hill, the local council campaigned in the early 1990s for a law change enabling Broken Hill to join Kalgoorlie in Western Australia state as the only two towns allowed to stage Two-Up year-round outside of a casino.

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