A damning report has found underpaid international students and backpackers are owed more than a billion dollars in wages.
The Fair Work Ombudsman says it is reviewing the study, which says an overwhelming majority of victims are failing to take action to recover the money they're owed.
Their study surveyed more than 4,300 international students and backpackers working across Australia.
More than half said they were underpaid, with one in three reporting they earned about half the legal minimum wage.
Report co-author Bassin Farbenblum estimates the underpayments are in excess of a billion dollars.
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