A shipment of Queensland raw sugar that departed the Port of Cairns on Saturday bound for Japan marked an important milestone for Australian sugar, industry leaders have said.
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 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.
CANEGROWERS Chairman Owen Menkens has urged Queensland’s sugarcane industry to pull together, following the resolution of the long-running pay dispute between Wilmar Sugar and three unions representing mill workers.
CANEGROWERS has welcomed positive moves by Wilmar Sugar and the unions representing mill workers in an effort to bring their long-running pay dispute to an end.
CANEGROWERS has welcomed a commitment from Queensland’s Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli to step up support for Mossman’s sugarcane industry if his party wins the state election in October.
CANEGROWERS is calling on Wilmar Sugar and unions representing mill workers to prove they are serious about resolving their long-running pay dispute by getting out of the way and letting the independent umpire decide a fair and reasonable outcome.