Sharman Stone (Murray, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on a magnificent Murray electorate cheese producer who has received national recognition for their award-winning cheeses over the last two years. Boosey Creek cheeses are made by the third generation of the Cameron family. They manufacture close to Yarrawonga, at Boosey.

Boosey Creek Cheese have won numerous nationally recognised awards over the years. In 2013 their Warby Red won gold at the 2013 Victoria and Dairy Industry Association of Australia awards and the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards. Their Warby Red also won the Siliker Award, which is a trophy for the highest scoring camembert-brie style cheese in Australia. More recently, Boosey Creek Cheese won gold for their Boosey soft creamy camembert and a silver for their Warby Red wash rind at the 2014 Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Produce Show awards. Boosey Creek cheeses use local names for their champion cheeses like Warby Red, which is named after the nearby Warby Ranges and takes up the colour of the great red granite in the Warbys.

Boosey Creek Cheese is just one of the many great cheese producers in my electorate of Murray, where food production is the cornerstone of our economy. We are the food bowl. These awards show that we have some of the best cheeses in Australia, and I congratulate Boosey Creek Cheese for their outstanding performance on a national level. I am confident that they will continue to produce some of the best cheeses for us in Australia and then they will move out into the global markets and prove that they are as good as anyone anywhere.

Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I can concur with that.