Wage theft and exploitation inflicted by farm managers forces migrant workers to go dumpster diving just to survive.

Kate Hsu, a Taiwanese foreign worker, said she was paid $4 an hour for picking oranges on a farm in South Australia, leaving her no choice but to eat from public rubbish bins just to survive.

Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson agreed to a trade deal between Australia and the United Kingdom in principle over dinner.

The deal envisioned to give food producers and businesses from both nations easier access to each other’s markets and away from the volatile Chinese market.

Avocados sold for $1 each in supermarkets after farmers upped production for this season.

The state budget so far indicated little spending changes to improve housing conditions for lower income Queenslanders.

Queensland Greens Member for South Brisbane Amy MacMahon said resources for an adequate public housing strategy are noticeably absent from the new budget.

A report released yesterday found risky practices caused an explosion at Anglo American’s Grosvenor Coal Mine injuring six workers.

The Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry’s second report revealed no adequate gas drainage system was installed before the production started at the mine on 9 March 2020

An update on the Tamil family from Biloela.

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke approved the family to reunite in Perth temporarily, but their long term future remains unclear.

Victoria recorded 0 local Covid cases and 3 new overseas cases that are in hotel quarantine. 

As of yesterday, 15,067 tests were received and nearly 10,000 doses were administered.

US based Novavax said its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 93% effective against the predominant transmissible varients.

The clinical trial studied nearly 30,000 volunteers in the U.S and Mexico, with the biotech company claiming side effects are minimal.