West Australian Treasurer Mike Nahan says he'll resign from his role if the Liberals form another coalition with the Nationals and Brendon Grylls' mining tax gets up.
Opposition treasury spokesman Ben Wyatt goaded Dr Nahan at a business function on Wednesday, saying the Liberals would bend to the WA Nationals leader's will - not necessarily lifting the iron ore rental lease charge paid by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto by 20-fold as proposed, but by some amount.
"I give you a guarantee. If ... we do form a coalition government with the Nats and that party puts together a Brendon Grylls mining tax, I will resign from the Treasury," Dr Nahan told the audience.
Mr Wyatt drew laughter from the audience when he said he'd quit too if Labor won the election and didn't build an outer harbour at Kwinana.
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