When Hardeep arrived in Australia he stacked shelves, now he owns his own freight business

As Hardeep Mander guides his prime mover along the corrugated red dirt roads of WA’s Wheatbelt, he cannot help but compare the vast and dry landscape to his homeland.

When the husband and father of two arrived in Australia 12 years ago, having left the family farm in northern India’s Punjab, he began stacking shelves at a hardware store.

Today he owns a transport business and manages a team that carts commodities such as grain and lime from Mullewa…