Australia: Katter meets desperate cane farmers while state government considers costs

Hill MP Shane Knuth addressed a meeting of cane growers at Mossman, who were concerned about the future of their farms. industry and town. Picture: Supplied Two meetings with cane farmers were held in Mossman on Friday, one with industry groups and the state government and the other with members of Katter's Australian Party. In both meetings, canegrowers said they felt they had their backs to the wall despite the April announcement made by premier Steven Miles to put $12.1m forward for the Mossman Region Transition Program incentive, as the state government has yet to make clear where and how the money would be spent. Kennedy MP Bob Katter, who was joined by KAP Hill MP Shane Knuth and Cook candidate Duane Amos, said the desperation of the Mossman community to save its troubled sugar industry, and not transition, as proposed by the state government, was evident when he met with around 50 growers, mill workers and town residents. Mr Katter said growers expressed their desperation ...