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Brendan Coates and Trent Wiltshire

Migrant worker exploitation is a big problem. Here’s how we fix it

Rules that force holiday-makers to work in regional areas should be abolished, according to the Grattan Institute. Photo: AAP

Migrants were front and centre during the worst of the pandemic, in our hospitals, cooking meals, stacking the shelves. Yet too many migrant workers are exploited in Australia. It needs to stop.

Exploitation hurts migrants, but it also weakens the bargaining power of Australian workers, harms businesses that do the right thing, damages our global reputation, and undermines public confidence in our migration program.

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