Julia Gillard to resist calls to take more from miners THE Gillard government will stare down calls for a rewrite of the mining tax from the Greens and independents, despite growing concern within Labor's backbench over its failure to meet its revenue forecasts. Negotiations will continue with the states over changes to the royalties regime aimed at taking away the states' ability to hike the tax at the expense of the commonwealth, although senior government figures are pessimistic about achieving a resolution before the election.