News Briefs
Industry leaders look to the future CANEGROWERS will work towards a 2030 vision for the Queensland sugar industry in collaboration with the Australian Sugar Milling Council, Sugar Research Australia and the Australian Cane Farmers’ Association. An initial meeting in September brought together directors and executives of each organisation and the group agreed to reconvene in December.
Pictured: CANEGROWERS Chairman Paul Schembri addresses a forum of Queensland sugar industry directors and executives which has agreed to work towards a 2030 vision for the industry.
The meeting acknowledged that the industry was at a critical stage, facing numerous challenges and opportunities, and that there was a need to work together to secure a long-term, prosperous future. Read more about the process in the CANEGROWERS CEO Comment on page 10.
STL Board election 2020 Queensland Election CANEGROWERS is promoting an 8-point plan to the parties contesting the 2020 Queensland Election at the end of this month. It’s a plan that identifies priority actions to remove the obstacles holding the sugarcane industry back such as the cost of water and electricity and excessive reef regulations. It also outlines actions a Queensland Government should take to unleash the potential of the sugarcane industry including investing in a future workforce, building a diversified industry and backing out existing environmental commitments. There’s a pull-out brochure in this magazine with more detail. Please use it as you talk to the candidates vying for your vote. CANEGROWERS has put some of our top issues to the political parties and their responses can be read from page 28.
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Do you hold G Class (grower) shares in Sugar Terminals Limited? The company’s AGM is being held on 21 October and CANEGROWERS is urging you to use your shareholders’ vote to ensure a grower takes one of the vacancies on the STL Board. For the first time, the CANEGROWERS Board has endorsed a candidate – CANEGROWERS Cairns Region Chairman Stephen Calcagno (pictured). Grower shareholders can vote in person or by proxy. For further information visit canegrowers.com.au or sugarterminals.com.au
