'THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD PAY ME $12': CHINESE STUDENT SPEAKS OUT ABOUT WAGE THEFT

Jonathan is an international student who has been consistently underpaid at a series of part time jobs. He says that when he first arrived in Australia, he was offered $12 an hour so many times he assumed it was legal.

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WATCH THE FULL INVESTIGATION ABOVE: Reporter Marty Smiley meets the refugees, migrants and international students speaking out about rampant underpayment.


The first time Jonathan was offered a part-time job in Sydney, it came with an hourly rate of $12.

"There was a small supermarket owned by a Chinese couple -- they told me that they could pay me $12, and they said that's the average," Jonathan said.

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Published 18 October 2019 11:30am
Updated 18 October 2019 1:38pm
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