Darwin backpackers paid less than $5/hr
DARWIN backpackers have been paid less than $5 an hour, with the Fair Work Ombudsman fining a painting business $15,000 for exploitation.
A DARWIN business has been fined $15,000 for paying three French backpackers less than $5 an hour.
THE backpackers were underpaid by about $17 an hour for more than two weeks' work with Scott's Painting Service between December 2013 and January 2014, the Fair Work Ombudsman says.
Man shot in Melbourne CBD
Police are trying to piece together the circumstances of a shooting that left one man injured in Melbourne’s CBD.
Grim detail after child murderer dies in cell
Tiahleigh Palmer was just 12 when she was killed by her foster father, who was found dead in his jail cell on Friday night.
Sam Kerr’s nan breaks silence on crash
Sam Kerr’s grandmother has defied the odds to celebrate her 90th birthday, after suffering horrific injuries when she was struck by a car while getting off a bus.