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Sugar Industry

LABOR & WILMAR ALONE AND BITTER ON SUGAR MARKETING

Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says the Palaszczuk Government and Wilmar Sugar were now alone in their bitter struggle against the sugar marketing legislation agreed to by the Queensland Parliament in December 2015 and he called on both to end their opposition. Mr Cripps said following the announcement that COFCO’s Tully Sugar had signed a cane […]

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LABOR DEFEATED ON SUGAR MARKETING

  Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said the LNP played a crucial role in the successful passage of legislation through State Parliament yesterday, which will provide choice and transparency to cane growers in future marketing arrangements in the Queensland sugar industry. Mr Cripps said the Palaszczuk Labor Government yesterday suffered its first legislative defeat, after the […]