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How to Destroy a Country Town

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Staley, Louise
  • Journal Name: Institute of Public Affairs Review: A Quarterly Review of Politics and Public Affairs, The
  • Journal Number: Vol. 57, No. 4
  • Country: Australia

The author argues that increased government regulation of farming and other rural community activities is smothering rural economic growth and farming families' participation in voluntary community groups. The variable and lower prices given for their produce and reduced local services are also affecting rural life and communities.

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