The 2010 sugar cane crush is underway in Queensland. This year will be like no other for the state's six thousand cane growers though, for they'll be operating under new state government regulations aimed at protecting the Great Barrier Reef from agricultural chemicals and fertilizers. The introduction of the new 'reef-wise' laws, the toughest ever imposed on the industry, has angered growers because they say they're voluntarily making the changes that government and the community wants.
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