过去十年，澳大利亚经历了前所未有的 “矿业(资源)繁荣”。无论是从矿产(资源)贸易对澳大利亚贸易条件(进出口比价指数)的影响还是从矿产(资源)业投资在国内生产总值中所占的比重而言，澳大利亚的“矿业(资源)繁荣”有目共睹。到目前为止，这一波繁荣还未完全结束。尽管作为一个成熟的经济体以及民主国家，澳大利亚的“矿产(资源)繁荣”并没有演变为“资源诅咒”。然而，随着矿产(资源)业的发展势如破竹，矿产(资源)企业利润逐年增加，矿产(资源)企业界通过各种方式影响政府公共政策的能力也在逐渐提升。
In the last decade, an unprecedented "mineral boom" or "resource boom" has been witnessed in Australia. In terms of the impact on Australian terms of trade spawned by mineral or resources trade, and the mineral or resource investment weighted in the Gross Domestic Product(GDP), the so-called "mineral or resource boom" has been justified without any doubt. Until now, this impressive boom has not been over yet. Undoubtedly, this new wave of boom has brought about considerable benefits to Australia, including higher domestic real income, higher asset values as well as rising resource investment. Although Australia will not fall into the well-known "resource curse", the negative influence on Australia's public policy, accompanied by the rising relative power of the mining juggernauts, should not be ruled out.
