More jobs cut at rice mills

Oct 1, 2019

SunRice has announced this afternoon that another 32 full time equivalent positions would be removed from its Deniliquin and Leeton rice mills.

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It comes after the company received only 54,000 tonne of rice from the 2019 crop year.

It is the second lowest on record.

The changes are part of a broader programme announced in November 2018, which followed a comprehensive review of SunRice’s operational footprint as a consequence of the small C19 crop harvested earlier in 2019.

The changes, which will take effect from 15 November 2019, impact the Deniliquin and Leeton mills, and also Australian Grain Storage sites across the Riverina.

Positions will be lost across milling, packing, maintenance, paddy and warehousing operations.

SunRice says it understands this is a difficult time, and the company’s priority throughout the process moving forward is the welfare of "our people".

The company will work with employees to re-deploy where possible, to limit the number of people who leave the business.

By McPherson Media Group