Queensland Premier Beattie has a Bill before state parliament to deregulate the sugar industry. It follows the signing last year of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Federal and Queensland governments to deregulate the industry.However, in contradiction to the intent of the MoU, Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson has said that he would oppose any deregulation that would transfer market power from cane farmers to mills. Both he and Federal Agriculture Minister, Warren Truss, have n…
