Labour-hire middlemen make huge margins, Victorian inquiry told

Labour-hire middlemen make huge margins, Victorian inquiry told

CLAIMS that dodgy labour hire companies are making huge margins by supplying workers to farmers have been made on the opening day of a government inquiry. Mildura backpacker hostel owner John George told the Victorian Government inquiry into labour hire firms in Mildura today that some middlemen were making extraordinary profits. George, who runs two backpacker businesses in Mildura, told the hearings that he sourced work for backpackers staying with him in the local area. He said one such job was with a labour hire firm that needed workers for the Wentworth, NSW, vineyard of “one of the largest winemakers in Australia”.

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