When the sweet turns sour: Queensland split between sugar and solar

As solar farms spread across the central agricultural regions of the sunshine state, opponents are becoming increasingly vocal

Colin Ash has spent a working lifetime in the cane fields near the Pioneer River in central Queensland, out past Marian, where the mill has processed sugar for more than 130 years.

"You can't get sentimental about things," he says from the front seat of his truck as he drives slowly around the boundary of his property. "You've got to pay your bills."