Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax | Australian politics | The Guardian

Epstein files reveal that former UK Labour minister Peter Mandelson supported a campaign to undermine Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed mining super profits tax in 2010. Mandelson, who was once one of British Labour’s most powerful figures, was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to the US over his links with Epstein. In an email sent to Epstein, Mandelson wrote that ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against the proposed tax, which was intended to tax mining companies' profits at 40%. The mining industry launched a coordinated campaign against the tax, which ultimately destabilized Rudd's government, leading to Julia Gillard replacing him as prime minister.