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Lake Macquarie firm taken to Federal Court over alleged unpaid wages

Australian Building and Construction Commission commissioner Stephen McBurney. Picture by AAP

A Lake Macquarie company and its owner are being pursued in the Federal Court over what the Commonwealth building and construction industry watchdog says is a failure to pay outstanding wages.

The Australian Building and Construction Commission has lodged a statement of claim against Ground Zero Excavations and Haulage Pty Ltd with the Federal Circuit and Family Court in Sydney, accusing the Morisset Park-based company and its sole director Mitchell Long of not paying two casual employees - a plant operator and a water truck driver - for work they had completed in regional NSW.

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