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DIAA offers dairy product makers networking, publications, education, conferences, product competitions and more. Find out more on www.diaa.asn.au.

19/06/2026

An impressive lineup of industry speakers painted a positive picture of dairy’s future at this month's DIAA Tasmanian Conference in Launceston.

These included Nick Dobromilsky, one of the saviours of King Island Dairy, together with food industry luminary Nick Haddow, MD of Bruny Island Cheese and Kim Seagram AM, Chair of FementTas who spoke about the recently established FermentHQ®.

FermentHQ® is providing opportunities to develop dairy cultures, flavours and other products in a state-of-the-art facility in Launceston.

Instructive and at times amusing anecdotes on overcoming the challenges faced in establishing artisan dairy businesses were delivered by Ian Field of Tongola Cheese and Nicole Fulliver, Director of Grandvewe Cheese.

Ashli Booth, Regional Manager of Booth Transport gave an update on the company’s latest investment in its future in Tasmania with its impressive Quoiba transport facility.

Jessica Crowley, CEO of Bulk Nutrients spoke on Performance Under Pressure: Staying competitive in today’s market by being adaptable to changing market conditions.

David Dunn and Adam Bracken of TasTAFE spoke on TasTAFE’s range of new short skilled based courses providing pathways into the dairy industry and wider agricultural sector.

Rounding out the program was an update on National and DIAA Tasmanian membership by DIAA National President Doug Eddy.

Congratulations to the Tasmanian DIAA Committee for a most impressive conference, filled with many valuable take-home insights and exciting prospects for the future.

Thanks also to the sponsors that made this event possible, notably Platinum Sponsor Saputo; Silver Sponsors Booth Transport, Bega Group, Lactalis Mainland Dairy and IXOM; DIAA’s National Partners Ecolab, dsm-firmenich, Novonesis and Jasol; and general sponsor Biolflex.

12/06/2026

DIAA Tasmanian Dairy Product Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the DIAA Tasmanian Dairy Product Awards!

The rigorous technical judging yielded some familiar names from Tasmania’s finest dairy manufacturers, ranging from artisan to some of Australia’s top consumer brand names.(Major trophy winners below):

CHAMPION CHEESE
La Cantara – Cafe Con Leche, Semi hard cheese rubbed with coffee

RESERVE CHAMPION CHEESE
King Island Dairy– King Island Dairy Endeavour Blue, blue cheese

CHAMPION GOAT OR SHEEP DAIRY PRODUCT
The Wicked Cheese Company – Blue Shorn, Blue Cheese

CHAMPION DAIRY – OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS
Bega Group – Betta Milk CREAMY, milk

RESERVE CHAMPION DAIRY – OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS
Ashgrove Cheese – Ashgrove Farm Light Milk Carton, light milk
CHAMPION ICE CREAM

Nice Guy Eddie Gelato (Blac Fig) – Pistachio and Amaretto, Alcoholic Gelato

RESERVE CHAMPION ICE CREAM
Van Diemens Land Creamery – Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream.

Champions of the dairy and ice-cream judging are eligible for the 2026 Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards to be decided later this year.

Congratulations to all competitors for another quality display, and thanks especially to Judges led by Head Judge Rod Wyker and Stewards under the direction of Chief Steward Ross Matthews.

Cheese judges
• Rod Wyker
• Ashley McCoy
• Kerri Choo
• Dylan Gifford (Associate Judge)
Other Dairy & Ice Cream
• Sam Cutri (Head Judge)
• Carly Palmer
• Tim Gadischke
Stewards
• Ross Matthews (Chief Steward)
• Paul Leitch (Pantry Manager)
• Barry Hunt
• Barry Stubbs
• Sushila Desai

ENDS

09/06/2026

2026 Australian Dairy Awards of Excellence winners!

For those who missed it, the 2026 Australian Awards of Excellence were held at the Pullman on the Park, Melbourne on 28 May.

Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese won the top accolades, with its famous Oak Blue taking the honours for Highest Scoring Cheese, also winning Most Outstanding Exhibit, Small Producer.

Cheese and milk categories provided the major battlegrounds, with Alba Cheese Company named Champion Cheesemaker with its Cherry Bocconcini, and Fresco Cheese’s Mascarpone named Most Outstanding Exhibit, Large Scale Producer.

In an unusual twist, Highest scoring milk was won by Maleny Dairies Lactose-free Full Cream Milk, with Gippsland Jersey taking home Highest Scoring Modified milk for its Gippsland Jersey Light Milk. Highest scoring unmodified full-fat milk went to Paris Creek Farms SA for their Katoomba Dairy Non-Homogenised 'Malai on Top' Milk.

Highest scoring flavoured milk went to Lactalis-Mainland Dairy for its Oak Milk Chocolate.

Lactalis-Mainland Dairy also won Best Bulk Butter with its Salted Butter and Highest Scoring Consumer Butter with its Western Star Cultured Butter.

Judge’s Choice award for Most Innovative Product In Show was won by Borghi's Dairy for its creamy white Del Bocia Buffalo Butter.

Most Successful Exhibitor, with a swag of awards across a range of categories, was the recently formed Lactalis-Mainland Dairy, comprising Lactalis Australia and Fonterra’s Mainland brands.

Congratulations to all successful exhibitors, and thanks to the judges, stewards and sponsors who made the event possible.

05/06/2026

2026 DIAA VIC DAIRY PRODUCT AWARDS

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 DIAA Victorian Dairy Product Awards!

The DIAA Victorian competition produced some outstanding champions, many of which went on to win further awards at the ensuing Australian Dairy Awards of Excellence (See separate post).

Overall winners in the Victorian competition were:
Most Outstanding Show Exhibit:
Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese Oak Blue
Overall Champion Cheese:
Berrys Creek Gourmet Cheese – Oak Blue
DIAA Most Innovative Product:
Borghi’s Dairy – Del Bocia Buffalo Butter
Highest Scoring Cheddar:
Australian Consolidated Milk (Girgarre) – ACM Cheddar
Most Successful Exhibitor: Lactalis-Mainland Dairy – Rowville

TROPHY WINNERS –

Champion Milk:
Lactalis-Mainland Dairy Oak Flavoured Chocolate milk
Champion Homogenised Milk:
Lactalis-Mainland Dairy Pauls Farmhouse Gold
Champion Modified Milk:
Gippsland Jersey – Gippsland Jersey Light Milk
Highest scoring Flavoured Milk:
Lactalis-Mainland Dairy –Oak Flavoured Chocolate milk
Highest scoring Cream: St David Dairy – St David Dairy Pure Cream
Highest Scoring Yoghurt: Picnic Foods Sahara Mango Lassi
Highest scoring Bulk Butter:
Lactalis-Mainland Dairy Cobden salted butter 25kg
Highest scoring Consumer Butter:
Lactalis-Mainland Dairy – Western Star cultured butter
Highest scoring Yoghurt:
Picnic Dairy Foods – Sahara Greek Style Krema
Highest scoring Standard Ice-cream/Gelati:
Nordenfine Ice Cream Company Nordenfine Salted Caramel
Highest scoring Premium Ice-cream:
Dooley’s Premium Ice Cream – Premium Pepperberry Ice Cream

Congratulations to all competitors!

01/06/2026

Celebrating World Milk Day!

TODAY IS World Milk Day, a day noted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognise the importance of milk as a global food.

Milk is incredibly important to Australians, with over 95% of Australian households buying milk every single week!

It’s a multi billion dollar industry, not only domestically, but also in dairy exports, including whole milk powder, skim milk powder and value added baby formulas.

This year, World Milk Day organisers have produced a ‘Dairy Facts on a Page’ and handouts to help you share the wonderful story of milk and all its benefits with your customers.

The World Milk Day theme this year is “Celebrating Women Farmers,” to honor the UN’s International Year of the Woman Farmer.

DIAA is happy to support World Milk Day and in so doing acknowledge women farmers, especially dairy farmers and our milk manufacturers on this day!

For more information, visit: worldmilkday.org

29/05/2026

Day 2 of the DIAA Victorian Dairy Conference wrapped up today with some fabulous conference sessions, and an inspirational and moving guest speaker, followed by the Victorian Dairy Product Competition Awards.

Some fascinating insights on Quality Management were shared by those with a lifetime in the industry: May Lee from Lactalis-Mainland Dairy, Steve Smith from Burra Foods and Tihn Hyun from DSM Firmenich.

May, Steve and Tihn outlined how Quality is at the very heart of establishing trust and building brand image between manufacturer and customers and that quality management was a fabulous springboard to a successful dairy food career.

There was not a dry eye in the house following the truly moving and inspirational presentation by Keynote Speaker Bec Daniher who lost her dad Neale Daniher only last Monday after a brave 13-year fight with Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

The legendary AFL Player and coach was 2025 Australian of the Year and devoted those last years raising funds to search for a cure and care for those with MND.

Bec abandoned her own sporting career as an internationally competitive rower to become a key driver and spokesperson for Fight MND which has so far raised an astonishing $140 million for MND research and care.

Bec described how rather than be defined by MND, Neale Daniher used it to inspire him and others to fight for a cause, saying even in the hardest times you have a choice of attitude.

Bec is continuing that fight for those who may benefit from it in the future.

Or as Bec put it: “Society grows great when everyone plants a tree in whose shade they shall never sit.”

Her take-home messages were:
1. “Dad chose not to be defined by the disease but to fight to take on the beast. Hope is contagious
2. Find the opportunity – even in adversity look for a silver lining and find purpose
3. Plant trees – You don’t get to choose what happens to you, but you can choose how you respond.

The DIAA sincerely thanks Bec for her courage and inspiration and for being part of this year's DIAA Victorian Conference.

28/05/2026

The Dairy Industry Association of Australia Victorian State Conference is underway in Melbourne with an impressive lineup of industry speakers, addressing the theme of Future Dairy.

The morning kicked off with a welcome by Victorian DIAA President Adam Tyson and introduction by DIAA National President Doug Eddy who spoke about the need to support the development of professional skills in the dairy manufacturing sector.

Madelyn Irvine from Dairy Australia presented on the latest Dairy Situation and Outlook, followed by a session on Global Dairy Market Dynamics from Rabobank Research Analyst Mick Harvey.

Prior to lunch the group heard from Australian Dairy Products Federation (ADPF) CEO Janine Waller on the domestic and international pressures facing the dairy processing sector and the ADPF’s strategy to position the industry to withstand these challenges.

Rob Ireland from conveyor belt manufacturer and DIAA Partner Intralox kicked off the after-lunch session by introducing Sensory and Consumer Science specialist Sara Mawhinney from Kantar Insights Australia with some fascinating insights on ‘Sensory 101’ on new product development.

The conference continues with more presentations, the DIAA National AGM and Victorian Branch forum in the afternoon.

The event culminates on Friday with a special guest speaker from FightMND and the Awards Luncheon and Trophy presentation on Friday, followed by the Australian Dairy Awards of Excellence in the evening.

26/05/2026

The DIAA and several of its members are taking part in the Restaurant & Foodservice Show at Sydney’s iconic International Convention Centre at Darling Harbour in Sydney.

DIAA members experienced a rush of visitors on Day One of the event on Monday, with lots of people lining up for mouth-watering gelatos and some of Australia’s very best cheese!

Entry to the event is FREE for DIAA members. If in Sydney, why not come on down and have a look and taste your way around the Show?!

Of course, DIAA members are also supplying much of the milk and cheese to the Pizza Pasta Italian Food Show and the Café & Coffee Show which are an important part of this exciting industry showcase.

Exhibitors include:
1. Bega Cheese
2. DIAA
3. Everest Ice Cream
4. Floridia cheese
5. Fonterra
6. Pure Gelato
7. Real Dairy
8. That’s Amore
9. Vannella Cheese

Come on down for a look at this huge industry event!

22/05/2026

Get your copy of Australian Dairy Foods, out now!

This issue has all the results from the DIAA’s first Dairy Products Competition of the year in Perth.

Read the fascinating insights from the massive Food Ingredients China (FIC) event from joint DIAA/Novonesis scholarship winners, Leesa Chen and Brandon Reynolds.

Meanwhile, the DIAA is taking part in the Restaurant & Foodservice show at the International Convention Centre in Sydney 25-27 May, ahead of the DIAA Victorian Conference and the Awards of Excellence (28–29 May).

In news, Fonterra has completed the sale of its ‘Mainland’ Foods and the Bega Cheese brand to the newly formed Lactalis-Mainland Dairy company.

Maxum Foods' Dairy Update reports on the ADPI Annual Conference in Chicago which showed pressure on both global dairy supply and demand.

Analyst, Eliza Redfern outlines how cost pressures are putting a lid on dairy shelf price rises. Amid this backdrop, dairy farmer organisations are pushing for a 30-cents a litre increase in farm-gate milk prices to ensure they remain viable.

On a sad note, we note the passing of Alison Lansley of Long Paddock Cheese and The Cheese School, Castlemaine. Alison leaves behind a lasting legacy for Australian artisan cheesemakers.

Plenty of other news inside. Download your copy from the Member Area of the DIAA website.

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