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Australia fails to protect workers from domestic servitude

Never having visited another country, Priyanka Danaratna enthusiastically accepted an offer to move from Sri Lanka to Australia to work as a domestic worker for a diplomat. However, Priyanka's excitement was short lived as upon arrival, she was asked to hand over her passport. Priyanka worked 7 days a week, up to 14 hours per day, for only 65 cents an hour. As reported by the Guardian, David Hillard who represented Danaratna before the federal court said,

| Monday November 18, 2024
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