New report finds majority of backpackers are underpaid

Kate's Story I’m 32, I came to Australia from Taiwan on a working holiday visa. I wanted to work and travel around the different landscape of this country, meeting people from different cultures. After I got here, I discovered all us backpackers had to wo

Kate says she was shocked at some of the working conditions she was subjected to working at fruit farms in South Australia and Queensland. Source: Supplied

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It also found four in five backpackers in Australia are underpaid, while some allege they experienced sexual harassment and racism when working on Australian farms.

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