One of the Gormley sculptures at Lake Ballard, WA. Image via caravanandcampingshow.com.au
Western Australia’s mining boom began in the mid-2000s, and quickly led to substantial growth in the state’s economy: within a decade, per capita gross income in WA had risen by almost 50%. Now, however, the boom is over, and the stream of wealth which once gushed into government coffers and private pockets has begun to dwindle.
