It is sad but true that mining companies define the living standards, they control the power, water and everything that a lot of outback remote and rural communities life. Yet again I’ve heard of a large mining company that plans to just redirect a river, seemingly without any care or consensus of the local people. Up an Nhulunbuy the miners had electricity still running when even the local public hospital didn’t have power, because keeping the miners happy is more important that the health of the locals. Pretty scary stuff.