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Up to one in six recent migrants are paid less than the minimum wage. Here’s why

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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From working 20 to 30 hours of unpaid overtime each week in one of Australia’s fanciest restaurants to picking fruit while being exposed to dangerous chemicals for less than $10 an hour, the underpayment of migrant workers is rife.

The Grattan Institute’s new report, Short-changed: How to stop the exploitation of migrant...

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