Eatalian Ristorante in Perth first restaurant in Australia to be named under migrant exploitation laws
The Australian Border Force named and shamed the Perth restaurant, listing it on the new prohibited employer register.


News.com.au
September 30, 2025

A Perth restaurant has been banned from employing foreign staff under strict new migration laws.   :)

Italian restaurant Eatalian Ristorante in Glen Forrest, in Perth’s hills region, is the first business in Australia to be hit with the ban, under the laws passed last year aimed at stopping the exploitation of migrant workers.


The Australian Border Force (ABF) named and shamed the restaurant, listing it on the new prohibited employer register.

It means the business will be banned from hiring migrant workers until September 2030, The West Australian reported.

Under the laws, employers found using someone’s immigration status to exploit them in the workplace could be fined up to $118,000, face civil prosecution or be declared a prohibited employer. Eatalian Ristorante has been declared a prohibited employer.

Late last year the company was probed by the ABF over misleading information in its migrant worker sponsorship applications, and was sanctioned for noncompliance.

Italian restaurant Eatalian Ristorante in Glen Forrest, in Perth’s hills region is the first business in Australia to be hit with the ban, under the laws passed last year aimed at stopping the exploitation of migrant workers.

Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs Julian Hill said the ban should serve as a warning to other employers planning on hiring migrant workers.

“Don’t do it. Migrant workers play a key part in the economy; there is no place in Australia for employers who exploit them and you can now be publicly shamed,” he said.

“Every worker in Australia deserves a safe workplace and enjoys the same legal protections. But for too long dodgy employers have been exploiting migrant workers with threats to their visa status.”


Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth said migrant workers with visas had the same work rights as all Australian workers.

“Exploiting vulnerable migrant workers by not paying them correctly, unlawfully deducting money, and violating workplace protections is particularly concerning conduct that will not be tolerated in Australia. If you exploit your workers, you will be found out and called out,” she said.

The ABF are now conducting surprise spot checks at workplaces to help protect workers and expose employers exploiting their staff.

ABF Field Operations and Sponsor Monitoring Commander John Taylor said consequences for abusing Australia’s visa laws could be severe.

“We are serious about protecting vulnerable migrant workers; we will not tolerate their abuse and exploitation,” he said.

“This may be the first, but it certainly won’t be the last employer publicly named and sanctioned under the strengthened powers; more are likely to follow.”

News.com.au has contacted Eatalian Ristorante for comment.

Good. About time.

And, I bet there's many more.

Australia - a land filled with crooks and scammers. Which isn't surprising seeing as we've been "led" by them (politicians) for a very long time now.


Quote:

News.com.au has contacted Eatalian Ristorante for comment.

My prediction - "No comment".

"Eatalian Ristorante is permanently closed."

https://www.google.com/search?q=Eatalian+Ristorante&rlz=1CAYGYA_enAU871AU871&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

That didn't take long.

Probably wouldn't have had too many customers after this anyway.

The next step will probably be for the owners to open a new restaurant somewhere else with a different name and 'try it on' again with exploiting migrant workers.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Carl D wrote on Sep 30^th, 2025 at 8:39am:

That didn't take long. Probably wouldn't have had too many customers after this anyway. The next step will probably be for the owners to open a new restaurant somewhere else with a different name and 'try it on' again with exploiting migrant workers. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Yeah.  Bastards!   >:(

I doubt that they will even move.

Go on a holiday for a month then open up again in  same place under a different name.

Pay the local media for advertising which will buy our mainstream media off and straight back to work as usual.

They need to stop naming and shaming and start court and jail time.

It's a start, but when they target the seasonal rural workers, the cleaning and domestic workers and the brothels can they be taken seriously in this campaign.