This report presents findings on the working conditions of migrants on temporary visas in Australia. It shows how underpayment, insecure employment structures and non-compliant employer practices form a system of exploitation. The report includes recommendations on how the Australian Government can better protect migrant workers.

This report presents findings from a July online survey of 6,105 international students and visa holders, on their experiences in Australia during COVID-19.

This report presents the first comprehensive study of living and working conditions of au pairs in Australia. It draws on responses from 1,479 au pairs across 34 nationalities to an online survey in 2017. The study seeks to provide an evidence base to indicate the contours and variety of au pair experiences across this country.

This report examines five areas in which digital platforms are being developed to protect and empower migrant workers, and considers practical, legal, ethical, and technological implications, and the risks associated with them.

This report argues that structural reforms are urgently required to address the drivers of exploitation. There is also a pressing need for remedial mechanisms that are accessible to individual migrant workers. Against a culture of impunity, predicated on employers’ assumptions that migrant workers will remain silent, these mechanisms are critical to detecting wage theft.