GEORGE CHRISTENSEN

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Details on solar farm workers reported

MARCH 26, 2018: I HAVE today referred further reports of questionable employment practices on solar farms to the Minister for Citizenship Alan Tudge.There are reports of more foreign workers being brought to the Bowen/Collinsville region to take up jobs on solar farms.Workers coming to the country need to be employed according to the terms of their visa arrangements. If they are in breach of those guidelines they will be prosecuted.An investigation into work practices at some solar farms in the region is still ongoing.And we need witnesses with detailed first-hand information to contact Border Force directly.It is not illegal for companies to employ foreign workers when Australian workers are not available.Residents of Bowen and Collinsville who have eye witness accounts or first-hand information of suspicious activities are asked to provide the information direct to Border Force via the following website - https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/contact/report-suspicious-activities-behaviour