‘No smash’ flour mill in Ballarat to invent hundreds of jobs in construction, manufacturing

A main funding by one amongst the ideal meals manufacturers in Australia and Contemporary Zealand is developing a jobs enhance in Ballarat.

George Weston Foods will invest $132.9 million to uncover a brand original flour mill in the Ballarat West Employment Zone.

This will invent 174 original jobs in Victoria and transfer 46 jobs from an original flour mill in North Melbourne to Ballarat, with an additional 320 jobs throughout the mill’s construction.

George Weston Foods is basic for mountainous brands in conjunction with Don smallgoods, Abbotts, and Tip Top bread.

Minister for Industry Reinforce and Recovery, Martin Pakula, acknowledged the teach government has financially assisted the project, but refused to explain the worth of that funding. 

George Weston Foods is moreover broadening its horizons in various areas of regional Victoria by developing a brand original national Tip Top boutique bakery in Bendigo and upgrading its Don KRC industry in Castlemaine to develop exports.

Converse-of-the-art mill

Chief government of George Weston Foods, Stuart Grainger, acknowledged he’s striving for the original mill to be possibly the most environmentally sustainable of its style in the Southern Hemisphere.

“The mill itself goes to be completely cutting-edge in phrases of very low energy usage, extremely efficient processing. Literally, I invent no longer disclose there may be anything prefer it,” he acknowledged.

“There may no longer be any smash. Something that is no longer used for human meals will scuttle to animal feed.”

Mr Grainger acknowledged the substances sourced to create the firm’s bread and baked goods had been almost exclusively from Victorian farms.

“We’re inflamed to be investing sooner or later of sustainable agriculture and meals manufacturing in Victoria,” he acknowledged.

“The teach is indubitably a centre for the meals industry — for availability of substances, other folks, and customers.”

Contemporary match spaces for Sovereign Hill

Mr Pakula’s visit to Ballarat moreover integrated a discontinue to the distance’s ideal tourist attraction, Sovereign Hill.

Towards the backdrop of the attraction’s favorite gold panning precinct, $6 million used to be announced to uncover original cultural and match spaces below the teach government’s Regional Tourism Investment Fund.

Amongst the original spaces steadily is the Waterside and Wadawurrung Cultural Precinct, which is succesful of abet guests to secure out about used homeowners.

Up to 69 construction jobs and 11 ongoing employment positions will seemingly be constituted of the two-twelve months project, due for completion by mid-2024.

“This funding is a exact vote in self perception in Sovereign Hill’s future,” Mr Pakula acknowledged.