Last month Vanuatu's High Commissioner to Australia revealed details about an employment dispute involving 51 workers who were no longer employed under the federal seasonal worker program (SWP).
It is understood many of them absconded from their employer in Bundaberg in September in search of better pay and work conditions and had been living in various backpacker hostels until recently.
A spokesperson from the Department of Education, Skills and Employment said some had rejoined the SWP with an approved employer based in Childers.
