KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — Malaysia has decided not to adopt Australia’s Farm Labour Visa Scheme as it is geared towards offering permanent residency, the Dewan Negara was told today.
He was replying to a question from Senator Nuridah Mohd Salleh who wanted to know the extent of discussions between Malaysia and Australia on the scheme. Awang said Australia had introduced the scheme to address the shortage of workers in the agriculture and plantation sector which had received less response from local workers and it was expected to provide employment opportunities for migrant workers to work for three years in the sector in Australia.
Meanwhile, at a press conference afterwards, Awang reminded employers not to take advantage and abuse the programme to lower employees’ salaries and expect the government to bear the rest. “If this happens, we ask employees to lodge a complaint on the Working For Workers portal and we will take action against any party taking advantage of the programme,” he said.
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