ENVIRONMENT: Will the Federal ethanol package work?*

The Federal Government has announced limited measures for an ethanol industry. Margaret Menzel, from a cane farming family in the Burdekin district, asks, will it work?While the Federal Government’s $37 million bio-fuels assistance package should be good news for the Australian public, it remains to be seen how effectively the dollars are spent and how the environmental considerations are implemented.Unfortunately, the Federal excise incentives for ethanol are to be phased out too quickly to pro…

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