Australia's Northern Territory government has proposed its own guest worker scheme, employing people from East Timor...And there's the heart of the issue, the employment is not within community situations. That is the real problem: farms existing without supporting communities.
Under the scheme, East Timorese workers would live and work in the Northern territory for six weeks a year, earning between US$14-16 an hour...
He says similar requests to the previous Australian government were ignored...
The association's president Tom Harris says previous attempts to recruit Aboriginal workers have not worked...
"They're really looking for long-term employment options within community situations."
Northern Territory proposes own guest worker scheme
August 21, 2008
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