More than $100 billion is extracted from the Pilbara annually through mining, gas and oil operations, contributing multi-billions to the Federal and State governments to fund national programs and infrastructure.
However, Port Hedland and Karratha, despite being dubbed the ”nation’s economic powerhouses”, suffer some of the worst outcomes in the State and indeed the country.
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