As part of the change, Bega will invest $50 million in its site in Bega “to create approximately 100 jobs in the Bega Valley”.
Strathmerton, population 1072, has 49 locals employed at the Bega facility as of the most recent census, or about 10 per cent of the working-age population. A further 5 per cent work in dairy farming.
“So sad. Another small regional town industry shattered,” wrote Phillippa Addicott on Facebook.
Once completed, the phased closure will leave Bega with five facilities in Victoria – in Tatura, Morwell, Chelsea, Koroit and Port Melbourne.
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