Palmer may bring in foreign workers

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Mining boss Clive Palmer may turn to foreign workers to staff his many resource projects.

Mr Palmer, who is opening new projects in Queensland's Galilee coal region, told ABC Radio he will seek an enterprise migration agreement (EMA) if there's not enough Australian workers.

"Jobs should be first for Australians but we should not hold up national development (if there's a shortage of workers)," Mr Palmer said.

An EMA application would depend on "a number of issues which are still undetermined," he said.

He said he would like to see more workers from interstate move to Queensland to help staff projects.

The federal government last month awarded Gina Rinehart an EMA to bring in 1700 foreign workers for her Roy Hill project.

18/05/2013 19:18Sydney, Australia. 18 May,2013
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