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Calls for royal commission as report details allegations blueberry farmers pay workers $3 an hour – ABC News
A royal commission into Australia’s blueberry industry is being called for after a new report alleges evidence of systemic wage theft by labour hire firms recruiting…
An investigation into the blueberry industry on the New South Wales north coast is alleging systemic wages theft and intentional worker underpayment by unscrupulous labour hire firms.
- An audit of job advertisements found some contractors offered pay rates as low as $60 a day
- Coffs Harbour is home to 65 per cent of Australia’s blueberries crop and attracted 2,000 workers during the 2020 harvest
- Foreign workers recruited for blueberry farms said they were exploited by labour hire firms in return for…
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