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Dominic Giannini

Pacific taste of the Australian dream goes up in smoke

Waltera Foxsiamanu's path back to a good-paying Australian job has been stymied by paperwork. (Dominic Giannini/AAP PHOTOS)

Waltera Foxsiamanu was convinced he had a gold ticket to a better future after obtaining work in a Queensland abattoir as part of the Pacific-Australia Labour Mobility scheme.

But when tragedy struck and his family home burnt down, the 32-year-old had to quit the job he'd held in Biloela for most of 2023 and rush back to Honiara to look after his mother.

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