Input in biofuel plans sought

THE Federal Government is seeking input form the community, especially farmers and primary producers, on how to grow the country’s low carbon liquid fuels sector. Also know as biofuels, the industry has grown in Europe in recent years with aviation fuels and diesel being made from Australian canola and animal fats. The push to grow […]

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