Local pilots available yet foreign pilots are still employed seasonally. Operators abuse the system with impunity.
Maybe. Foreign pilots employed seasonally to do what? If you are talking specialist fire fighting pilots, flying foreign registered aircraft such as a CL415 on Government contracts, you may be correct.
But if you are talking tourist scenics in a GA aircraft, or something similar, I seriously doubt it.
If you know of "
Operators (that)
abuse the system with impunity", feel free to contact Immigration:
Phone: 1800 009 623
Fax: 1800 009 849
They are free calls!!