Issue 2006 December 09
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COLE INQUIRY: Single desk and farmers the victims of AWB fall-out
Prime Minister John Howard has signalled his intention to effectively dismantle the wheat single selling-desk, reports Pat Byrne, even though the merits or otherwise of the single-desk arrangements deserve to be treated quite separately from the AWB-Iraq saga.The Cole Inquiry has become an excuse for free-market ideologues to dismantle the single desk, which has given Australian farmers a competitive edge on world wheat markets.…
