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Migrants to Australia are being paid below the minimum wage at twice the rate of long-term residents. Those are the findings of a new report which says underpayment of migrant workers is 'rife' across the country.

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Migrants to Australia are being paid below the minimum wage at twice the rate of long-term residents. Those are the findings of a new report which says underpayment of migrant workers is 'rife' across the country.

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