Miners Dominate Company Tax List as Others Pay Zero

The world's largest dump trucks shifting earth at Citic Pacific Mining's Sino Iron magnetite iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on Mar. 5, 2010. Amy Coopes/AFP via Getty Images

Mining companies are touting their contribution to the Australian public purse, having topped the corporate tax table again.

Corporate Australia paid almost $100 billion (US$65.7 billion) in income tax in 2022/23, an increase of nearly 17 percent on the previous year, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) revealed in its 10th annual Corporate Tax Transparency report.