Qld brushes off Swan threat on royalties
Qld brushes off Swan threat on royalties Updated: 10:40, Wednesday August 22, 2012 Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls says he will not yield to his federal counterpart's 'unsophisticated' threats about mining royalties.
Treasurer Wayne Swan has lashed out at the rising power of vested interests in Australia, warning that they're a threat to Australia's ethos of a fair go.