TY - Briefing paper AU - Matt Grudnoff PY - 2013 T1 - Still beating around the bush: the continuing impact of the mining boom on rural exports PB - The Australia Institute DO - https://doi.org/APO-32939 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/32939 AB - Since the beginning of the mining boom Australia’s rural sector has lost $61.5 billion in export income. This includes $18.9 billion in 2011-12 alone. These losses have occurred because the mining boom has forced the Australian dollar to historic highs. ER -