Migrant worker anguish behind Australia's meat industry

Meat processing workers hired under the PALM scheme have revealed exploitative working conditions. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

A migrant worker sees a glowing street light when he leaves home before dawn to work at an abattoir and again when he returns at night.

"It's telling me that my working life here is basically I leave my house, it's the morning and when I come back it's night," the worker told researchers investigating conditions in the meat industry.