The Queensland government has called on Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull to extend the federal government’s Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) to the 550 workers who were made redundant at the embattled Queensland Nickel.
The administrators for Queensland Nickel this week announced that the majority staff from the base metals company would be made redundant, after a joint venture between QNI Resources and QNI Metals, Queensland Nickel Sales, earlier this week replaced Queensland Nickel as the manager of the Yabulu refinery and associated Townsville Port facilities.