The operator of a Sunshine Coast strawberry farming business that went into liquidation has been ordered to pay more than $1.1 million to a labour hire company.
In a Supreme Court decision delivered on December 12 after hearings in May and July, Judge John Muir found in favour of Star Recruitment Service Pty Ltd, which supplied workers to pick and pack strawberries on the farm near the Glass House Mountains.
Star entered into a service agreement with GG Group (QLD) Pty Ltd in February 2020 to provide workers to the farm but claimed more than $1.63 million in invoices went unpaid between August 2020 and November 2021, before the company went into liquidation in December 2021.
The proceedings concerned Star’s claim that GG Group,…