What happens when an old gold mine reopens in a regional farming town? | Landline | ABC News

There's a tentative welcome for the re-opening of an old gold mine in a major Western Australian farming region. It's expected hundreds of miners will be employed to extract billions of dollars in gold over the next 10 years. But there are worries the promise of big money at the mine will lure vital workers away from agriculture. Landline's Andrew Chounding has this report.

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