NATIONAL AFFAIRS Mining tax repeal puts government back on track*

After weeks of patient negotiations during the winter recess, the Abbott government has secured a major breakthrough with most of the minor party senators voting to repeal the mining tax, one of the signature promises of the Prime Minister in the run-up to the 2013 election. Clive Palmer  At that time Mr Abbott promised that, if elected, he would repeal the carbon tax, repeal the mining tax, stop the influx of illegal boat arrivals and, over the course of his parliamentary term, bal…

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