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Perth and Western Australia
29th November 2011 | Why Australia?
Perth & Western Australia A lot of our vacancies are around Perth in Western Australia and I thought it would be good to give some more background on this part of Australia. Western Australia is ten times the size of the UK but with a population of just 2.3million. 90% of its income comes from mining and petroleum. Most important is Iron Ore, accounting for 58% of exports. Next up is oil, then gold, alumina, coal and uranium. The economy is more closely linked with China than the west...