According to wikipedia, the government created this law at the same time it created the Potato Marketing Corporation to regulate the supply of potatoes in Australia as part of a potato management campaign that seems to have started in the aftermath of the Great Depression. The Corporation was abolished in 2016 even if that law somehow outlived it by a few years. Perhaps we’ll find out whether or not that was a good idea when food some day becomes scarce again.
50kg is (roughly) one standard gunny sack, which I guess they decided was enough for ordinary household purposes.
According to wikipedia, the government created this law at the same time it created the Potato Marketing Corporation to regulate the supply of potatoes in Australia as part of a potato management campaign that seems to have started in the aftermath of the Great Depression. The Corporation was abolished in 2016 even if that law somehow outlived it by a few years. Perhaps we’ll find out whether or not that was a good idea when food some day becomes scarce again.
50kg is (roughly) one standard gunny sack, which I guess they decided was enough for ordinary household purposes.