The past two days have seen a number of organisations visit Bundaberg to provide information to working backpackers and migrant workers. This proactive engagement was led by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
A/Sgt Billy Li and Senior Police Liaison Officer Weng-Mun Sum with partnering organisations including Littles, Fair Work Ombudsman, Work Cover and Office of Industrial Relations
Acting Sergeant Billy Li and Senior Police Liaison Officer Weng-Mun Sum travelled from our QPS Cultural Support Unit in Brisbane to showcase a number of resources available for backpackers and to engage with the many nationalities residing here.
While we can easily have conversations in our English language, it was an interesting experience listening to the Chinese and Korean conversations occur.
Over the two afternoon pop-up information sessions, conversations were held with workers from Brazilian, Chinese, English (UK), French, German, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Netherlands, Scottish, Vietnamese and Taiwanese backgrounds.
We now have some new resources available which will be of interest to backpackers who were unable to attend.
Bundaberg Patrol Group Inspector Pat Swindells, Acting Officer in Charge Acting Senior Sergeant Russell Williams and Detective Acting Sergeant Col McLean attended the Horticulture Workers Interagency Group forum yesterday.
The forum provided the opportunity for discussions to occur to ensure compliance was met by employers and labour hire contractors. Information was also available for workers to gain a better understanding of safe and fair work practices, personal and road safety topics relevant to Queensland.