The Wool Debt, the Wool Stockpile and the National Interest: Did the Garnaut Committee Get it Right?

Henry Haszler, Geoff Edwards, Anthony Chisholm and Phillip Hone

The Economic Record, 1996, vol. 72, issue 218, 260-271

Abstract: In July 1993 the Wool Industry Review (Garnaut) Committee presented its recommendations on disposal of the wool stockpile, on wool marketing, and on organizational arrangements in the wool industry. This paper focuses on the Report's treatment of two issues central to the future economic benefits to Australia from wool: the approach to the industry's stockpile‐related debt, and disposal of the stockpile. There are strong grounds for thinking that the Garnaut Committee's recommendations on these issues– accepted by the government–are contrary to the best interests of the wool industry and Australia.

Date: 1996
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