LETTER: Working visa moves change nothing

The Federal Government’s scheme to plug supposed job shortages in the agriculture sector by allowing backpackers and other visitors to extend their stay will simply support the existing broken and exploitative system.While some individual measures in the changes might stack up, the overall effect would be to increase exploitation in an industry already rife with it.We […]

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