A SUNSHINE Coast businessman fined almost $230,000 for the “appalling” exploitation of foreign workers may be shut down by the Federal Government.
Emmanuel Bani and his company, Maroochy Sunshine Pty Ltd, were fined in March last year after the Federal Circuit Court found workers from Vanuatu had been lured to Australia and then deprived of basic living standards in what Judge Michael Jarrett described as “appalling treatment” of the 22 workers.
The workers were chosen to pick fruit and vegetables at farms throughout the Sunshine Coast, Lockyer Valley and Bundaberg.
Workers were required to fund their own 416 business visas, airfares, medical and police checks, with many taking out loans in their native country to …
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