Racial discrimination proven in migrant worker exploitation case; Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James cites "uncomfortable truth"

Two Malaysian workers of Chinese descent in Australia on temporary visas were deliberately exploited, underpaid and discriminated against by a Tasmanian hotel operator because of their race, a Federal Circuit Court judge has ruled. 

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The landmark outcome of action by the Fair Work Ombudsman's first racial discrimination litigation has seen the now former hotel operator fined a total of $211,104. 

ABC's Peter Ryan speaks with Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James who says it highlights "an uncomfortable truth" about the exploitation of migrant workers on 457 visas.

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