For more than 80 years, The Haymarket has been a locally owned and operated company in Ballarat. Greg, Ian, Philip, and Robert Taylor continue to run the family business. Proudly employing over thirty staff, we support many community events and clubs throughout the Ballarat region.
Originally trading as the Hancock Company, the business first began in 1943 and was located in Armstrong Street, opposite the new Government Hub site. We are now located at 112 Market Street on the corner of Doveton St Ballarat, as well as having a second outlet at 902 La Trobe Street Delacombe and the family farm at Camperdown-Lismore Road Lismore provides grain and hay for our produce department.
The State Government has allocated $5.4 million in the recent budget towards implementing
the Local Government Fair Jobs Code and establishing a new regulatory body, yet councils that
will ultimately be required to implement the Code seem to be in the dark about its detail and
impact.
Victorian Regional Chamber Alliance Chair, Jodie Gillett is deeply concerned by the lack of
transparency around these changes, “It is unacceptable for the State Government to have spent
years developing this Code with local councils and business shut out of the process.”
The Local Government Fair Jobs Code is a proposed framework intended to improve job security
and working conditions in the local council sector. It also includes creating a new regulatory
body to monitor compliance with the Code. However, the actual regulatory compliance
requirements and obligations are unclear. Read more here.
