Bonza creditors have today voted to liquidate the company, providing workers access to the government’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme. However, the TWU warns regional Australia won’t reconnect with the rest of the country without a Safe and Secure Skies Commission.

Approximately 500 Bonza workers were terminated on 11 June but the government’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme for workers to claim owed entitlements could not be enlivened until the company entered liquidation, which has now occurred.

Workers are collectively owed an estimated $10.8 million for entitlements such as wages, redundancy, and pay in lieu of notice.

Bonza staff have not been paid since March, including for work completed …

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