Jul 31, 2026 – 3.51pmFor West Australian entrepreneur Charlie Bass, the metamorphosis from mining veteran to philanthropist didn’t begin with a lightbulb moment but the future he saw written in Perth’s skyline.The state may be laden with resource riches, but Bass feared it risked becoming a ghost town, invoking George Miller’s dystopian action blockbuster Mad Max to convey what a future without a more diversified economy could hold.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Where this mining veteran sees the future ‘beyond the boom’
For WA entrepreneur Charlie Bass, the metamorphosis from mining veteran to philanthropist began with the future he saw written in Perth’s skyline.
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