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Canegrowers hit back at ‘dispiriting’ E-grade report card

Industry reps meet with environment minister over Reef Water Quality Report Cards they say ‘grossly misrepresent’ efforts...

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24th Feb. 2021 2:02 PM

Canegrowers chief executive officer Dan Galligan and Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri met with Environment Minister Sussan Ley and Dawson MP George Christensen in Canberra on Tuesday. Picture: Contributed

‘We’ve got nothing else’: Sugar prices ride on WTO decision

The next step in Australia’s fight to make India scrap its grower subsidies and comply by international law

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12th Feb. 2021 5:02 AM

Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri meeting with Dawson MP George Christensen and Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Dan Tehan at a shed talk on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Picture: Heidi Petith

Sugar industry to target 500 million+ overseas consumers

Trade Minister Dan Tehan met with Mackay farmers and industry representatives to detail the ambitious plans

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10th Feb. 2021 11:02 AM

Dawson MP George Christensen and Trade Minister Dan Tehan meeting with sugarcane growers and representatives at a shed talk on Tuesday. Picture: Heidi Petith

SWEET 2021: What’s coming up for the sugarcane industry

Global trade disputes, serious plans to diversify, reef regulations and hopes for La Nina rainfalls

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13th Jan. 2021 8:01 PM

Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri. Picture: Contributed

The Mackay personalities who made headlines in 2020

Check out the 15+ newsmakers whose stories shaped an incredible year of news in the region.

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22nd Dec. 2020 5:12 AM

Some of the Mackay region personalities who made the headlines in 2020 including from top left: Dawson MP George Christensen, Mackay Regional Council Mayor Greg Williamson, Mirani MP Stephen Andrew, Sarina Surf Lifesaving Club president Neil John, Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri and Mackay mum Vicki Blackburn.

‘Under the pump’: Crush wraps up in time to beat the rain

‘It has been a long year, we have had interruptions … but we’ve got here in the end.’

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10th Dec. 2020 10:12 AM

Mackay sugar cane harvester Matt Vassallo on the last day of the crush. Picture: Heidi Petith

$400M loss: Canegrowers to finally have India dispute heard

‘We believe in a rules-based system and we are terriers when it comes to sticking up for our rights’

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02nd Dec. 2020 12:12 PM

‘Damaging’: Regulation still king despite year-long inquiry

Canegrowers disappointed reef regulation remains heralded as the way forward

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09th Oct. 2020 6:10 PM

Canegrowers chairman Paul Schembri responds to the newly-released report on Queensland’s controversial reef regulations. Photo: File

Canegrowers fear hundreds could walk away from sugar

Reef regulations could be the ‘breaking point’ for farmers, grower says.

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06th Aug. 2020 5:08 PM

Today's shed meeting in Farleigh. Picture: Canegrowers

Mackay growers lead charge in reef bill battle

Farmers plead for change to reef bill: ‘Why do we want a bureaucratic baseball bat to wack cane farmers?’

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27th July 2020 3:07 PM

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