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Deal agreed on Australian mining tax

Vocabulary

corporate sector

the private, non-government business community

played out on prime time television

took place on television during the hours when most people are watching

confrontational advertisements

negative television commercials which blamed each other for the disagreement

the demise of

the failure and downfall of

dented

caused damage to

resource-rich states

parts of the country which have a lot of natural materials such as coal, iron and oil that can be mined and sold for profit

watered down

diluted, made less strong

revenue

income, money received from taxes

quarry

a place where natural resources are dug out of the ground