Kwote~ white labour on a just wage

The Bill ordered the recruitment of the Pacific Islanders to cease after 1903 and gave the federal authorities the power to deport any Islander found in Australia after December 1906. The only Pacific Islanders allowed to stay were those who had arrived in Queensland prior to September 1, 1879, those working in crews on ships and those granted certificates of exemption under the Immigration Restriction Act. The Bill granted compensation to the sugar industry and ordered the introduction of white labour on a just wage Source: Part of the Federation Story