Funding helps secure hundreds of jobs in local sugar sector
Australian Sugar Milling Council chief executive Mr David Pietsch said the funding would help secure 110 jobs in harvesting and field haulage operations and cane transportation otherwise at risk if cane cannot be transported to Isis Mill. Picture: Liana Turner
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7th Mar 2021 5:00 AM
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Recent government funding has reportedly helped secure more than 600 direct and indirect jobs at Isis Central Mill.
The sugar industry has welcomed the commitment of $1.9m from the Queensland Government to a plan that will see sugarcane grown, harvested and hauled in the Maryborough region milled into raw sugar at the Isis Central Sugar Mill at Childers.