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Unions, government clamp down on migrant exploitation

The Albanese Government says Border Force has recovered more than $300,000 in underpayments and illegal deductions for migrant workers in a major crackdown, but unions involved in a federal pilot program pursuing more than $1.3 million in NSW alone fear it might be axed in the May Federal Budget.

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