It is the end of an era for Australian dairying, with Canadian-based Saputo taking over 100 per cent of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter . Lion dairy has sold its small stake in Australia’s oldest dairy, established in 1888, to the foreign-owned business.
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Saputo poised to gain full control of Australia’s Warrnambool dairy
Canadian dairy giant Saputo Inc. is poised to gain full ownership of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co. after Lion Dairy and Drinks accepted a sweetened offer to sell its minority stake in the Australian cheese and dairy producer.
Soccer bid
The Geelong-based bid – under the working guise of Victoria Patriots – is being fronted by former Socceroos player Steve Horvat and will also represent Warrnambool, Colac, Hamilton and the rest of western Victoria. Horvat, who made 32 appearances for Australia, said the consortium of investors had used the Western Sydney Wanderers model as inspiration and was looking to build links with regional Victorian cities.
Vicki Jellie, the unsung cancer widow turned Australia Day Local Hero keeping families together
Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website – Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. As her husband Peter lay dying of oesophageal cancer, Vicki Jellie wasted too many hours driving from their home in regional Victoria to be at his bedside in hospital.
Throwback Thursday – January 12, 2006 | photos
South Australian buyers Peter and Janice Ceete, left, with Elders Penola agent Steve Hill, paid $1180 for 16 joined Angus-Friesian heifers at the Warrnambool F1 sale last Friday. Julie Suter, from Port Fairy Rotary Club, and Mary Bishop, from the Port Fairy Quilters Group, look at a quilt made for Rhonda Coxall by her friends ahead of the annual Port Fairy quilt exhibition.
Lucky ride
WHAT A RIDE: Jockey Dean Yendall guides Darren Weir-trained Lucky Paddy to the finish line in the Woodford Cup on Tuesday. Picture: Bronwyn Nicholson/Getty Images VICTORIA’S leading trainer Darren Weir scored his fourth Woodford Cup victory in five years when Lucky Paddy won the $45,000 race at Warrnambool on Tuesday.