Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Chief Executive Michael Roche says the Australian Prime Minister has pointed out that the country’s long-term economic prosperity relies on boosting the nation’s productivity performance, with “Part of the answer lay[ing] in the government implementing its promised flow-through shares (FTS) scheme for junior explorers. Two reports by the government’s own Productivity Commission highlight the negative impact mineral resource depletion is having on the resources sector’s productivity and Australia’s productivity performance more generally.” (more…)