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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by lostlogin on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @10:36PM (#37142234)
Oh there are, rules around employees, consumer guarantees act, acc levies and various other things. But it seems unlikely that have just 2 food suppliers isn’t a root cause of food price issues.
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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by lmpdev on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @04:00AM (#37144029)
Australian here

Isn't it mostly just economies of scale plus transport costs?

Or are our industrial relations laws really not as good?

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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by lozenge on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @04:42AM (#37144338)
It's more about farming subsidies and tax levels. Some governments choose to make food cheap by encouraging overproduction.
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Re:ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FC... by Symbiote on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:08AM (#37145295)
Overproduction (by subsidy) is also very useful to cope with poor harvests, supply shortages due to wars etc.

Discussion on the European system for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Agricultural_Policy#Ove...

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