‘Very different place’: new campaign over mining taxes ‘unlikely’ to succeed in Queensland

File photo of coal piled at the Port of Brisbane. The public is likely to back plans to tap into soaring coal profits, economists say. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

An offensive against plans to end a decade-long freeze on coal royalties in Queensland has raised the ghost of a campaign that helped depose a Labor leader 12 years ago – but political and advertising experts say Australia is now a “very different place”.

Queensland’s treasurer, Cameron Dick, has flagged the state government’s intention to raise coal royalties when he hands down the budget on Tuesday.