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SUGAR INDUSTRY: Ethanol coming: but nothing for farmers

Patrick J. ByrneJul 30, 20053 min read

United service stations in Victoria have begun selling unleaded petrol with 10 per cent ethanol (E10) blends, supplied by CSR. Unfortunately, writes Pat Byrne, even if the Federal Government were now to mandate ethanol in fuel, it would do nothing for the welfare-dependent sugar industry, since National Competition Policy has denied cane-farmers compulsory arbitration with sugar mills.United service stations in Victoria have begun…

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