{"id":368340,"date":"2026-01-20T19:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=368340"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:04:08","slug":"union-slams-dairy-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/01\/20\/union-slams-dairy-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Slams Dairy Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 20, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A decision announced by Lactalis Australia on Tuesday to close its Parmalat dairy processing site at South Brisbane has been slammed by the union representing employees at the site.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Workers Union (AWU) was advised by Lactalis they planned to close their South Brisbane plant on July 10.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 workers will be directly affected by the closure as well as contractors.<\/p>\n<p>AWU members have been producing dairy products at the South Brisbane site since 1937, including Australia\u2019s first square milk bottles and UHT long-life milk.<\/p>\n<p>Lactalis brands include Pauls, Ice Break, Oak and Breaka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AWU Queensland state secretary Stacey Schinnerl said working with members at the site was her top priority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are meeting with our members who are understandably very concerned about their futures, and our top priority is offering support to them and their families,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very disappointed at this announcement and will be working closely with management to ensure our members are looked after as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lactalis Australia CEO Mal Carseldine said processing would move to other facilities, both in Queensland and interstate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milk collected from Queensland dairy farmers is expected to be processed at Nambour.<\/p>\n<p>The French-owned dairy giant closed its Rockhampton processing facility in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decision announced by Lactalis Australia to close its Parmalat dairy processing site has been slammed by the AWU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":368342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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