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- Title
‘School Milk’ in the Context of the Australian Dairy Industry.
- Authors
THORLEY, VIRGINIA
- Abstract
Australia, as with a number of other countries with dairy industries, established a national school milk scheme which operated from 1951 to the beginning of 1974 at no cost to the children's families. The scheme, funded by the federal government and administered by the states, ended abruptly after costs blew out, with resultant losses by the industry. This article describes the limited provision of milk in schools in two states prior to the national scheme and how, after the cessation of the national scheme, dairy industry initiatives in some states were gradually developed to market liquid cow's milk, including flavoured products, at subsidised prices to school children who were perceived as potential lifelong consumers. The article traces the rise and decline of these schemes in the late twentieth century within the context of moves towards dairy deregulation and its effects on the industry.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; DAIRY industry; SCHOOL milk programs; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC impact of the dairy industry; SUBSIDIES; FINANCE
- Publication
Rural History, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
0956-7933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0956793315000187