Workers in confusion: Backpacker rights are ‘unclear’

EMPLOYMENT rights and entitlements remain confusing for many inter­national workers.For 2½ months, 18-year-old German backpacker Gertrude* worked on a farm in Sunraysia to complete the 88 days required to secure her second working holiday visa. After unsuccessfully trying to claim money her former employer was meant to pay her, she decided to take things a step […]

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  • Body found with fires burn across Vic

    Body found with fires burn across Vic

    A PERSON has been killed in bushfires after police found human remains about 100 metres from a vehicle as more than 30 blazes ravage Victoria.…