摘要：For purely domestic political reasons, the government takes a strongly protectionist approach to the Australian wheat industry by limiting who can export wheat in bulk, the main form for transport of grain in the international grain trade.
Until AWB Ltd—formerly the Australian Wheat Board—was exposed for paying bribes to the Iraq regime of Saddam Hussein, it held an unchallenged position of power, as a publicly-listed company with a legislated monopoly, supported by both side of politics.
