Wayne Austin has a Diploma of Dairy Technology (Gilbert Chandler) and a Master of Business Administration (Technology) from LaTrobe University. Wayne started his career with United Milk Tasmania at the Wynyard cheese plant. He worked there as a cheese maker, cheese factory supervisor and Quality Manager until 2000. He then moved to Total Quality Milk, (owned by a small group of dairy farmers) commissioning an evaporator, cream processing and AMF line. He later moved to Dairy Farmers, commissioning and managing their whey powder plant in Jervois SA before moving into a role with the Cheese Research and Development team. In that team he undertook projects at 4 different cheese plants working with mozzarella, Swiss, parmesan, Romano, and cheddar cheese. He was also project leader for major cost reduction and yield improvement initiatives. For the past 12 months Wayne has operated his own consulting firm working extensively with cheese manufacturers across Australia