10 / 16  BIS central bankers' speeches  The main conclusion from this work is that, on average, regions are becoming more similar. Over time, the industries we are working in, and our occupations, are becoming more alike across Australia, not more different. There are, of course, still large differences across regions, but they are smaller than they once were.
In this context, it is also actually quite ironical that for the circulation of forged notes the blame is put on the central bank when, in fact, the blame should go to the manufacturer of the forged notes as in the case of spurious drugs, where the manufacturers are prosecuted.