packing and export facilities to access new BOOSTING JOBS AND market opportunities. Larger businesses INVESTMENT IN EACH REGION helped as part of this initiative included Ryan Meats in Nathalia and Pactum Dairy The following are examples of key place- Group in Shepparton. based initiatives and business engagement Both export focused projects created new projects undertaken in each of regional regional jobs. Victoria’s five administrative areas. Barwon South West region Hume region Place-based investment in the Barwon In February 2015 the Victorian South West region included various Government announced that one of projects funded by an arrangement Australia’s largest private sector rail between the Victorian and Commonwealth operators, Altona-based SCT Logistics, Governments. These included a new would invest in an intermodal freight stockfeed mill by Ridley Corporation at Lara terminal south of Wodonga, as part of a that created 20 new jobs and Cotton On’s $39 million investment to increase rail global headquarters expansion in Geelong freight along the Melbourne-Brisbane that created 300 new jobs. They also corridor. Investment attraction and included Quickstep Holdings’ new facilitation assistance resulted in Wodonga automotive composites being chosen as the site for a greenfield manufacturing division in Geelong that development along this corridor, which will created 30 new jobs, and a $22 million generate 118 new jobs in the Wodonga export-related expansion by the Australian region once it is complete. Lamb Company in Colac that will create 125 new jobs. The Victorian Government helped Unilever Australia expand its facility in Tatura, with The joint arrangement also helped improved electricity infrastructure to support connect natural gas to supply significant new investment, and provided water new investment in timber processing by infrastructure assistance to Murray Goulburn AKD Softwoods in Colac, support Midfield as part of the expansion of the company’s Meats’ proposed milk processing plant in Cobram plant to support infant formula and Warrnambool, Thornton Engineering’s cheese production and exports. expansion strategy that generated new investment and 50 new jobs in Geelong, The Victorian Government also and investment in the Great Ocean Road supported new investment and job Choclaterie and Ice Creamery that, when creation opportunities in the Goulburn complete, will create 57 new tourism and Valley region, including by a range of hospitality jobs in the Surf Coast Shire small fruit growers expanding their fruit near Torquay.
BOOSTING JOBS AND INVESTMENT IN EACH REGION The following are examples of key place- based initiatives and business engagement projects undertaken in each of regional Victoria’s five administrative areas. Hume region In February 2015 the Victorian Government announced that one of Australia’s largest private sector rail operators, Altona-based SCT Logistics, would invest in an intermodal freight terminal south of Wodonga, as part of a $39 million investment to increase rail freight along the Melbourne-Brisbane corridor. Investment attraction and facilitation assistance resulted in Wodonga being chosen as the site for a greenfield development along this corridor, which will generate 118 new jobs in the Wodonga region once it is complete. The Victorian Government helped Unilever Australia expand its facility in Tatura, with improved electricity infrastructure to support new investment, and provided water infrastructure assistance to Murray Goulburn as part of the expansion of the company’s Cobram plant to support infant formula and cheese production and exports. The Victorian Government also supported new investment and job creation opportunities in the Goulburn Valley region, including by a range of small fruit growers expanding their fruit packing and export facilities to access new market opportunities. Larger businesses helped as part of this initiative included Ryan Meats in Nathalia and Pactum Dairy Group in Shepparton. Both export focused projects created new regional jobs. Barwon South West region Place-based investment in the Barwon South West region included various projects funded by an arrangement between the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments. These included a new stockfeed mill by Ridley Corporation at Lara that created 20 new jobs and Cotton On’s global headquarters expansion in Geelong that created 300 new jobs. They also included Quickstep Holdings’ new automotive composites manufacturing division in Geelong that created 30 new jobs, and a $22 million export-related expansion by the Australian Lamb Company in Colac that will create 125 new jobs. The joint arrangement also helped connect natural gas to supply significant new investment in timber processing by AKD Softwoods in Colac, support Midfield Meats’ proposed milk processing plant in Warrnambool, Thornton Engineering’s expansion strategy that generated new investment and 50 new jobs in Geelong, and investment in the Great Ocean Road Choclaterie and Ice Creamery that, when complete, will create 57 new tourism and hospitality jobs in the Surf Coast Shire near Torquay.
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