SYDNEY, May 23 (Reuters) - International investors are fleeing Australia's resource sector as a result of the government's decision to impose a new 40 percent mining tax, a top mining executive has said. Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Andrew Forrest said the resources sector had saved Australia during the global downturn from a crisis like that of Greece, and the new tax threatened its future by deterring investment. In a recorded interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
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