In reviewing the previous researches focus will be on the political economy within the Australian mining industry long with explaining the state of the mining industry over years (Fleming and Measham 2015). The political economy of the mining industry in Australia According to Adhikary and Guo (2015) the Australian mining industry is deemed to be instrumental that transformed the nation’s economy to the industrial economy. In contrast, Richert, Rogers and Burton (2015) stated that the mineral and mining legislative framework within the Australian mining sector