Enhancing Livelihoods
Supporting people in dairy
Building a thriving, rewarding industry.
We’re committed to creating a vibrant industry that rewards dairy workers and their families, communities, business and investors.
Profitability of farm businesses is core to the success of the Australian dairy industry, enabling it to contribute strongly to rural and regional economies, for both employment and as an earner of export income.
To ensure we give our industry and its workers the best possible future, we are committed through the Australian Dairy Industry Sustainability Framework to achieving the following goals by 2030:
- increase the competitiveness and profitability of the Australian dairy industry
- increase the resilience and prosperity of dairy communities
- provide a safe work environment for all dairy workers to get home safely, everyday
- provide a productive and rewarding work environment for all dairy workers.
Sustainability Scorecard
See how we're making progress against all our goals and targets in the latest sustainability report.
Dairy’s role in supporting Australia’s economy
How dairy processing drives our economy.
The dairy processing industry in 2019-20 is estimated to have contributed a total of $12.4 billion to Australian Gross Domestic Product.
It also contributes a total of 70,158 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) jobs to Australian employment.
Discover more about the economic and broader contribution of the dairy processing industry in Australia in the 2021 Deloitte Access Economics report.
Making dairy farming a career of choice
Supporting new talent in dairy.
Skilled people are essential to the success of Australian dairy, and attracting new talent remains a key priority.
The ‘Dairy Jobs Matter’ campaign targeted regional Australians, encouraging them to consider a career on a dairy farm.
To support this, the People in Dairy program was developed to help farmers upskill new workers, streamline onboarding, and make training more accessible across the industry.