Australia should start building its biofuels industry now – creating regional jobs, investment and fuel security at home instead of sending Australian dollars and opportunities overseas, CANEGROWERS CEO Dan Galligan has said.
The Australian sugarcane industry’s peak grower and research bodies have joined forces in a bid to prevent a critical weed-control tool disappearing from cane farms before practical alternatives are ready.
Queensland cane growers expect Sugar Terminals Limited to put the interests of the sugar industry first when it formally takes over operation of the state’s bulk sugar terminals on 1 July.
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the announcement of Premier David Crisafulli’s new Cabinet, with grower leaders looking forward to strengthening their productive relationship with the LNP government.
CANEGROWERS congratulates the Liberal National Party (LNP) and Premier David Crisafulli on their State Election victory.
With just days to go until Queensland votes, CANEGROWERS is calling on political leaders to commit to meaningful reforms that will reduce crippling power prices and remove unfair stamp duties that stifle farmers' ability to manage risk.
With just days to go before Queensland votes, CANEGROWERS is urging the major political parties to break their silence on the urgent need for a domestic biofuels industry.
CANEGROWERS is warning that a government plan to establish a second public electricity retailer in regional Queensland risks creating a duopoly without providing the price relief that farmers desperately need.