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Tom Wark

Migrant workers' exploitation costing billions in wages

Anti-Slavery Commissioner James Cockayne said the report details how employers rip off migrants. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Two-thirds of migrant workers are underpaid, according to a major survey a prominent anti-slavery official is pleading becomes a wake-up call.

Australia's first in-depth study of migrant worker exploitation since the pandemic showed international students alone are short-changed about $3 billion in unpaid wages each year.

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