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The Australian dairy industry could consider a regulation model like that in Canada. Deb Hultgren/Flickr

Time to get regulation back into Australian dairy?

Government intervention in the crisis facing Australian dairy has opened the gates for suggestions of other types of regulation.
Barnaby Joyce has announced an assistance package for beleaguered dairy farmers. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Dairy farmers get $555 million in concessional loans

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has announced a package of concessional loans and facilitation of access to assistance for the beleaguered dairy industry.
Former Murray Goulburn CEO Gary Helou, stepped down from the cooperative as the farmgate milk price plunged. David Crosling/AAP

Murray Goulburn saga has roots in deregulation

The break up of trust between dairy farmers and Murray Goulburn can be tracked back to the degregulation of the dairy industry.
Australian and New Zealand dairy farmers need to get used to the low prices for milk as they represent the new norm in global markets. Dan Peled/AAP

Milk price cuts reflect the reality of sweeping changes in global dairy market

Cooperatives like Murray Goulburn and Fonterra and dairy farmers need to accept that lower milk prices will be the new normal in a more competitive global market.

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