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$15 a day & overcrowded accommodation: Company under FWO spotlight
The FWO has found a Taiwanese company has underpaid dozens of Chinese and Filipino workers it brought to regional NSW $873,000 and housed them in overcrowded accommodation.
Guillermo Troncoso · 2 min
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Two in three Australians unaware NBN switch is compulsory
The first National Broadband Network (NBN) connections have now gone live in sections of rural Australia – yet some two thirds of the population have no idea the transition is compulsory.
Stephanie Zillman · 2 min
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NBN spending blowout and connections in the bush to triple
The demand for high-speed internet in rural and low-density areas is up to three-times higher than originally anticipated – adding an additional $1.4 billion to the bill.
Stephanie Zillman · 2 min