Australia’s “rampant” foreign labour exploitation

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By Leith van Onselen

National treasure, Fairfax’s Adele Ferguson, continues to shine a bright light on foreign worker exploitation, which she claims is “rampant” and destroying the economy:

If the fallout of the 7-Eleven wage fraud scandal has taught the nation anything it is that the illegal payment of wages to workers on visas is rampant…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.