CANEGROWERS is calling on Queensland’s sugar milling companies to do the right thing and vote at next week’s Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) AGM to end a serious conflict of interest at the heart of Australia’s sugar marketing system.
QSL is the industry’s oldest and largest sugar marketing company, selling raw sugar to the world on behalf of growers and milling companies for decades.
The industry-owned, not-for-profit organisation has also operated the industry’s bulk sugar terminals on behalf of Sugar Terminals Limited (STL) — a partnership that is scheduled to end in 2026 following STL’s controversial decision to move towards in-sourcing terminal operations from July. Read more.