News items, reports, etc., in date order with most recent at bottom...
- Goto: Mossman Mill Will Buy Line, likely Courier Mail, c1960
- Goto: Bill Validates Sale of Old Mossman Tramline, likely Courier Mail, 4 November 1960
- Goto: Rails to Carry Cane (west of Cairns), Courier Mail, 21 January 1965
- Goto: Another Blow for Haiti: A sugar mill closes, New York Times/Reuters, 12 April 1987
- Goto: Sugar season sweet, The Courier Mail, 6 August 1994
- Goto: Sugar at peakThe Courier Mail, 16 September 1994
- Goto: Cane Crush to Set Record, The Australian, 3 October 1997
- Goto: High Prices Expected for Sugar Land, The Australian, 5 June 1998
- Goto: Islander seeks sugar levy, The Morning Bulletin 24 Jun 1998
- Goto: Sugar Milling Operations Industry, Code of Practice 1999, Queensland, c 1999
- Goto: Sweet As Sugar, ABC Landline, 5 May 2001
- Goto: Mexico Siezes 27 Sugar Mills, New York Times, 4 September 2001
- Goto: Hildebrand Media Release: Australian Sugar Industry Assessment 28 June 2002
- Goto: Cane Farmers Face Unsweet Surrender to Reality, The Australian, 26 July 2002
- Goto: Reform Could Help Sugar Farms Compete, The Australian, 23 August 2002
- Goto: Sugar Imbalance, Weekend Australian, 18-19 January 2003
- Goto: The Future of the [Australian] Sugar Industry, Cane Tram Notes, 2003
- Goto: Hawai'i Sugar-Cane Sales Up 11%, and Companies Improve Productivity, Honolulu Advertiser, 13 August 2003
- Goto: Sweet and Sour as Sugar Fight Gets Bitter, The Australian, 6 November 2003
- Goto: Bitter taste as sugar train snakes to mill for last time, The Australian 4 December 2003
- Goto: Beet Harvest Rich with Sweet Ironies, Guardian Weekly, 15-21 January 2004
- Goto: Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on Sugar Industry, The Australian, 25 March 2004
- Goto: 2000 to Quit Sugar Despite Handout, The Australian, 28 April 2004
- Goto: 'Mary Pops In' (Bill Leak cartoon), The Australian, 28 April 2004
- Goto: Children Suffer in Sugar Fields, Guardian Weekly, July 30-August 5 2004
- Goto: Sugar Comes Back From the Dead, The Australian, 28 October 2004
- Goto: Sugar Package Out of Grower's Reach, and Sweet... Farmer Paid Twice to Quit, Weekend Australian 26-7 February 2005
- Goto: Editorial / Agriculture subsidies: Another countryside, Guardian Weekly 1 April 2005
- Goto: Royal farms get £1m in subsidies, Guardian Weekly 1 April 2005
- Goto: The Sugar Industry, Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2005
- Goto: Sugar Cane Brazil (map), Australian Sugarcane, August-September 2005
- Goto: Cyclone Larry: Cyclone Won't Sweeten Sugar Prices, The Australian 23 March 2006, and Drooping Stack Flags Town's Ills, Weekend Australian, 25-26 March 2006
- Goto: Tramway Lift Bridge over Maroochy River, Environmental Protection Agency, 2006
- Goto: CSR eyes JV entry to sugar in Brazil, The Australian, 26 May 2006
- Goto: Spoonful of Sugar Reform a Taxing Burden on Local Sector, The Australian 19 July 2006
- Goto: Play Straight on Prices, Banana Farmers Warned [Cyclone Larry], The Australian 19 July 2006
- Goto: Drought Spreads Despite Good Rain. The Australian, 19 July 2006
- Goto: CSR Leaves Sour Taste at Cane Farms, Weekend Australian 21-22 October 2006
- Goto: Vail Backs Inland Rail Link, The Australian, 14 May 2007
- Goto: Ethanol 'slaves' freed in raid, The Australian 5 July 2007
- Goto: CSR's Sweet and Sour Spot, Australasian Investment Review, 6 July 2007
- Goto: Lorry drivers wait hours at mill (Fiji), Fiji Sun, 8 September 2007
- Goto: Maryborough Sugar Hopes to Sweeten the Pot with Mulgrave Mill Takeover Arrangement, The Australian 4 October 2007
- Goto: Continued Rain Sours Sugar Harvest for Queensland's Canegrowers, The Australian 18 October 2007
- Goto: Low Prices Sour Sugar Growing, The Australian 22 October 2007
- Goto: Sugar Shortage to Sweeten CSR, The Australian, 1 November 2007
- Goto: CSR Profit Dives as Sugar Market Sours, The Australian, 8 November 2007
- Goto: Full steam ahead (Eudlo's cosmetic restoration), Sunshine Coast Daily, 18 May 2008
- Goto: Canefields Under Threat: Forestry schemes take over paddocks, Weekend Australian, 24-25 May 2008
- Goto: Mill to Close?, News Mail, 3 June 2008
- Goto: A crushing blow is on the way for sugar mill, News Mail, 10 June 2008
- Goto: Sun sets on Brazil's Sugar-Cane Cutters, Guardian Weekly, 13 June 2008
- Goto: Three Hurt in Train Smash, Cairns Post, 19 June 2008
- Goto: Biofuel Threat to Kenyan Delta, Guardian Weekly, 4 July 2008
- Goto: Biofuels Behind Food Price Rises, Weekend Australian, 5-6 July 2008
- Goto: Sugar Mill Closing After 140 Years (Pleystowe Mill), Courier Mail 1 August 2008
- Goto: Pleystowe's Mill Closure Proved a Long and Agonising Decision (and related stories), Daily Mercury (Mackay) 1 August 2008
- Goto: Mill Fights for Life (Bingera) and Growers Want Price Security, News Mail (Bundaberg), 6 September 2008
- Goto: Train in 5m plunge, The Cairns Post, 18 September 2008
- Goto: Staggering Towards Death, The Fiji Times, 4 October 2008
- Goto: Unveiling of Old Number 4 loco, Childers, 7 March 2009
- Goto: Business that's short and sweet must be taken on by the low-cost operators, Weekend Australian, 18-29 April 2009
- Goto: Full text of Anna Bligh's Parliamentary speech on selling Queensland assets, including the QR coal operations, Courier Mail, 2 June 2009
- Goto: CSR sell-off sweet news for growers, The Australian 18 June 2009
- Goto: Cane farms hold value amid change, The Australian, 16 July 2009
- Goto: Sweet news for Cow Candy project, Sunshine Coast Daily, 29 July 2009
- Goto: Sugar soars as commodities rise again, The Australian, 5 August 2009
- Goto: History takes a tumble (Fairymead Mill demolition), News Mail (Bundaberg), 7 August 2009
- Goto: Sugar policy bitter for food giants, The Australian, 14 August 2009
- Goto: Bailey's bridge threat: Historic bridge faces an uncertain future, Kolan Recorder, September 2009
- Goto: Is Council to blame for derail?, News Mail (Bundaberg), 23 October 2009.
- Goto: Labour solar scheme burns sugar industry, The Australian, 5 November 2009
- Goto: Three hurt in Cow Candy explosion, Sunshine Coast Daily, 28 November 2009
- Goto: World sugar high expected to wane, The Australian, 23 Feb 2010
- Goto: Queensland Rail's Network, The Australian, 15 April 2010
- Goto: Sugar town canes the downturn, The Australian, 28 June 2010
- Goto: Growers glad to see CSR go (CSR sale), The Australian, 7 July 2010
- Goto: Cane train collision causes injury, Daily Mercury (Mackay), 7 August 2010
- Goto: Growers dispute that sugar trade argument, The Australian, 25 August 2010
- Goto: Sugar, cotton surge as India curbs exports, The Australian (from the Wall Street Journal), 7 December 2010
- Goto: Disaster Aftermath: We've copped a thrashing, say devastated canegrowers, The Australian, 8 February 2011
- Goto: Disaster Aftermath: Babinda, Sugar mill closure a 'black day' for workers, The Australian 9 February 2011
- Goto: Queensland Reconstruction Authority: Reconstructing a more resilient Queensland, The Weekend Australian 19-20 February 2011
- Goto: Case IH: New 8000 series cane harvesters, Australian Sugarcane February-March 2011
- Goto: Tully in Sweet Spot as Buyers Circle, The Australian 12 April 2011
- Goto: Sugar mill's battle against global push, The Australian, 26 May 2011
- Goto: Safety on the Sugar Cane Railway, Mulgrave Mill web site, downloaded 31 May 2011
- Goto: Payout bitter-sweet for Tully's old guard, Weekend Australian, 9-10 July 2011
- Goto: Proserpine sugar mill now on Chinese shopping list (includes current ownership list for the 24 Qld/NSW sugar mills), The Australian, 1 September 2011
- Goto: Forest at risk in Uganda, Guardian Weekly, 2 September 2011
- Goto: Sucrogen gets chance to sweeten sugar bid, The Australian, 13 September 2011
- Goto: Sugar mill chief cans 'tricky' Chinese bid, The Australian, 26 September 2011
- Goto: White death gets health makeover, The Australian, 2 November 2011
- Goto: No regrets as sugar sector takes lumps, The Australian, 8 November 2011
- Goto: MSF bid signals effort to sew up sugar exports, The Australian, 9 November 2011
- Goto: Mitr Phol's play adds 'Bear Hug' grip, The Australian, 10 November 2011
- Goto: Takeover to double Thai sugar refiner's output, The Australian, 10 November 2011
- Goto: Sucrogen likely to win Proserpine as Thais pursue three sugar mills, The Australian, 17 November 2011
- Goto: In Brief: Sugar war for Proserpine, The Australian, 18 November 2011
- Goto: China and Singapore battle it out for Proserpine, The Weekend Australian, 19-20 November 2011
- Goto: Cane resurgence gets stuck in the mud, The Australian, 31 January 2012
- Goto: Lower yields to cut sugar output, The Australian, 14 December 2011
- Goto: A new harvest for Pacific workers, The Weekend Australian, 24-5 December 2011
- Goto: Resources boom has sparked a cane mutiny, The Australian, 30 May 2012
- Goto: Asian demand for sweet cane, The Australian, 20 July 2012
- Goto: End of tradition a burning issue for cane growers, The Weekend Australian, 18 August 2012
- Goto: All sweet at the mill as takeover fears vanish, The Australian 29 October 2012
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