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Backpacker work visa scheme risks becoming 'black market'

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The Fair Work Ombudsman has released a damning report, detailing high levels of exploitation experienced by backpackers on Australian working-holiday visas. Image: A seasonal worker picks grapes at a vineyard outside Canberra. (AAP)


A two-year investigation found many of those doing regional work were subject to underpayment, sexual harrassment and unsafe working conditions.

 

 

 

 


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