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Subscriber only A massive solar farm in southwest Queensland which has been the site of hundreds of controversial sackings has also been issued with dozens of Workplace Health and Safety Notices over a span of two months. Newscorp can reveal Gangarri Solar Project on the Western Downs was issued with 32 Workplace Health and Safety notices - accounting for almost one notice a day between January and April 2021. Indian-based company Sterling and Wilson is constructing the Shell Energy s project in Wandoan, but it s the second time the business has come under fire, earlier in 2021 they made headlines over an alleged multimillion-dollar contract dispute which left hundreds of casual workers fired with no notice.
The construction of the Gangarri Solar Farm near Wandoan has ground to a halt after more than 200 workers woke up to a brutal text message firing them because of an alleged contract dispute between their employers. It is the first solar farm to be built by international giants Shell QGC, which contracts numerous companies, including Davis Contracting and Sterling and Wilson who are alleged to be engaged in a contractual disagreement. The mass sacking happened two weeks ago on Monday, February 8, and Electrical Trades Union Southwest Queensland organiser Dan McGaw said there has been no progress on the 120MW solar project since.
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