Australia exports 80% of its canola and imports 80% of its diesel, yet biodiesel from that canola will not happen without a government mandate.

Australian rural commentator Libby Price says regional diesel is up to $3 a litre and Australia’s canola refineries make oil, not biodiesel.

“I really think the government needs to make the decision and force it.”

She says most canola goes to Europe and the United States, and Europe mandates a share of fuel as biodiesel. Australia has no such mandate.

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