Issue 2005 February 26
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SUGAR INDUSTRY: Anger at stalled sugar package
When the Federal Government announced a $444 million package for the sugar industry last year prior to the federal election, it was to include two sustainability payments to “help farmers through a transition phase towards reform”, a re-establishment grant to those wanting to exit the industry, and an intergenerational package to assist transfer of the farm to the next generation.The first sustainability payment…
ENERGY: Ethanol needed for new fuel, engine standards
Australia has had one of the lowest fuel emission standards in the developed world.For the first time in 2006, Australia is to have a national fuel standard called Euro 3, which will require a reduction in the aromatics – like toluene, benzene and xylene – in engine fuel. These additives in fuel boost the engine energy burn, or octane rating, of a vehicle.Even…
