Plans for a new Townsville refinery bringing 1100 jobs has the backing of the Premier.
A consortium of Qantas, Airbus, U.S.-based LanzaJet and Jet Zero Australia are the main drivers of an alcohol to jet fuel plant in development in Townsville.
The group has chosen a 20-hectare site at Cleveland Bay, and developers say production of more than 100 million litres of fuel could be running in 2026.
