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METAL DETECTIVE

The Yilgarn's slow boat to China

BETTER late than never, goes the old saying. But for a bunch of stranded Yilgarn iron ore hopefuls, “never” is firming up as the more likely option as the Western Australian government dawdles over its promised Esperance port expansion. <b><i>The Metal Detective,</i> By Stephen Bell</b>

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Sir Humphrey Appleby, canny permanent secretary to the British prime minister in the sitcom ‘Yes Minister’ would probably nod with approval at the government’s latest tentative steps at Esperance. ...

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