Australia lures Asians to farm labour with path to permanent residency but groups warn it could fuel exploitation

Three years ago, Audi Melsom quit his job as a designer at MetroTV, one of Indonesia’s largest television broadcasters, and headed to the Northern Territory in Australia , aiming to work odd jobs and explore the country. Like most Indonesians on Australia’s Working Holiday Maker visa – a scheme that annually allows up to 5,000 Indonesians below the age of...

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