less people had money to spend. Less expendable money meant that less products were being purchased. Reduced demand resulted in reduced production and less profit for producers. With such a decrease in profit, employers could no longer afford to keep paying their workers, and consequently had to fire them, thus increasing the unemployment level.
             The government was powerless in regard to controlling the cause of the depression in Australia, because it was ultimately caused by external problems. All that they were able to do was minimise the effect that the Depression had on Australia. Some measures taken were to decrease government expenditure, increase taxes and encourage more primary production. None of these plans worked, because decreasing government expenditure in public works programs only increased the unemployment level and further dis
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