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Milking it for all it's worth: competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry
The retail market for milk in Australia has become more concentrated and, partly as a consequence, so has the wholesale market. This means that farmers, lacking countervailing market power, are at a competitive disadvantage. The result has been that retail prices for milk have increased while farm-gate prices have been subdued, and in some recent...
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Consenting adults deficits and household debt: Links between Australia's current account deficit, the demand for imported goods and household debt
A deficit in the current account on the balance of payments has become a usual part of Australia's economic landscape, deficits having been recorded for all but four of the last fifty five years. However, there are two features of the current account deficit (CAD) in 2004-05 which are not usual - first, quarterly CAD...