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Briefing Paper No. 28/1996 by John Wilkinson
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- Whereas once New South Wales was predominantly a pastoral and
agricultural state, and primary producers (and the country towns which served
them) enjoyed an era of relative prosperity, the presence of the rural sector
in overall production has declined, primary producers have encountered an era
of difficulties and a number of country towns have suffered similarly
(pp.4-11,20)
- Although, in the past, government has provided inputs into
primary production and has provided support to uphold producers' prices, this
has been scaled down in recent years (pp.12-26)
- Small, particularly inland, NSW country towns have been losing
population and losing services (pp.26-29)
- Approaches have been developed to address this - both on an
overall level (through regional development) and in particular ways (pp.30-49)
- Long-term strategies for the future are reviewed (pp.50-)
