In todays news, Wayne Swan has decided to stick the knife in to small producers, by threatening to remove the WET rebate that so many rely on to keep small wineries profitable.
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Part of a grand plan to oust the small family wineries and keep the multi-nationals afloat in the glut?? Not good at all.... All we can hope is that people support the small wineries otherwise we will all simply disappear. It's already verging on a non-profitable business (unless you charge $50+ a bottle for each wine) so it will certainly make it harder for those of us who are driven by passion rather than profit...:(
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