Emeritus Professor Ted Kolsen, former head of the University of Queensland’s Economics Department, recently presented a paper to “The Sugar Summit”, organised by the Australian Cane Farmers Association. He was critical of some recent reports recommending deregulation of the industry. Pat Byrne reports.Three recent reports have examined the sugar industry, the Centre for International Economics (CIE) study for the Queensland Government, the Boston Consulting report for the Cane Growers Board and …
