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Briefing Paper No. 10/1998 by John Wilkinson
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- With the onset of restructuring in the rural sector, the number
of individuals involved in production in the countryside has been diminishing
(pp.8-9,21)
- the previously existing means of government support, for
smaller producers, have recently been extensively reduced (pp.1-5)
- those remaining will possibly have to undertake production
without the previously existing government support which had existed for larger
producers (pp.9-20)
- agribusiness, as a means of operation, appears to be a way of
incorporating these imperatives (pp.5-8)
- accompanying the decline in the number of people involved in
production in the countryside, there have also been job losses in the country
towns (pp.21-23)
- facilities in country towns have, correspondingly, also been
declining (pp.23-24)
- government has responded in a number of ways (pp.26-27)
- community concerns have been voiced over this situation,
particularly through the two country summits (pp.27-28)
- the possibility of the downturn in Asia having an impact on
rural NSW is also discussed (pp.28-36)
