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AUSTRALIA’S largest state and the nation’s smallest territory would on the surface appear to share little in common. One has a vast supply of mineral resources that has made it the engine room of the domestic economy, thousands of kilometres of coastline and a capital city regarded as the most isolated in the developed world. The other is situated neatly between Sydney and Melbourne, is about 150 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean and has about half its land set aside as nature parks and reserves. So comparisons between Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory are stark, but CommSec says in terms of economic performance they cannot be split at the top of the pack… |