FAR from having the "blood, sweat and tears" sucked out of them by Rio Tinto, the mining giant’s blue-collar workforce in the Pilbara are paid more on average than their white-collar comrades in Sydney’s exclusive Mosman and Double Bay.

via Nation's best salary deals are in the Pilbara | The Australian.

WHAT? Train drivers for Rio Tinte have a salary of $200K AUD ($214K USD)+.

So now Rio Tinte is going to replace them with autonomous trains for a large sum of money [src].