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       RATE payers are hot under                               Home  owners  who  bought

       the dollar.                                            when  it  was  cheaper  then
                                                              renting  are  concerned  house
                                                              values will be kept below what
                                                              they paid in the boom.

                                                              Renters,  meanwhile,  have
                                                              experienced          rapid        rent

                                                              increases in 2019.
                                                              Not everyone likes the idea






























                                                          reduce the value of my house or

                                                          its earning potential.
        A  comment  on  ABC  Pilbara’s                    A  total  of  $65  Billion  worth  of

        Facebook  page,  “said  the  idea                 industrial  projects  are  expected
        was  hugley  ironic  and  short-                  to employ up to 14,200 new staff
        sighted. This will hurt the existing              during the emerging construction

        home  owners  who  are  funding                   phase of resource developments,
        this  experiment,  “  they  said.  “  I           with  ongoing  operational  staff

        don’t expect my rates to go into                  numbers tipped to be 2,915.
        projects  that  aim  to  directly


                                                                                    Source ABC Pilbara
                                                                                    By Susan Standen   Page 11
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