One hundred years ago this week, sugarcane growers from across Queensland met in Mackay to take a defining step that would change their industry forever. CANEGROWERS was born.
CANEGROWERS today pays tribute to Mr Ron Boswell AO, a proud Queenslander and a consistent, respected advocate for the sugar industry and regional Australia.
The New Year will ring in a historic milestone for Queensland’s sugarcane industry, with CANEGROWERS marking 100 years of fighting for cane-farming families.
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the end of industrial action at Tully Sugar Mill, saying it’s an example of what can be achieved when employers and unions negotiate in good faith and are prepared to compromise.
CANEGROWERS Chairman Owen Menkens has slammed both sides in the long-running pay dispute between Wilmar Sugar and unions representing mill workers, calling the current situation reckless and potentially disastrous for the industry.
CANEGROWERS has called on Wilmar Sugar and unions representing mill workers to do everything within their power to resolve an ongoing pay dispute that continues to disrupt the 2024 cane crush.
CANEGROWERS has welcomed news that Wilmar and unions representing workers at the company's nine Queensland sugar mills have accepted a mediation offer from the Fair Work Commission.
The race is on to get Mossman’s cane crush underway, following confirmation the State Government would chip in up to $6 million towards the cost of transporting the cane 100kms south to MSF’s Mulgrave Mill.