No PNG Workers underpaid in Australia, says PNG Treasurer

Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey has brushed aside reports of Papua New Guinean workers being underpaid in Australia, through the Pacific Labour Mobility scheme.

Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey [PNG Parliament photo]

A leaked payslip of one local staff working as a berry picker showed a payment of just over 100 Australian dollars or around K260 after tax and other deductions, for four days' work.

Mr. Ling-Stuckey says in PNG, an unskilled worker does not earn over K200 in a week.

He says, under the scheme, no skills are required and workers are paid a minimum of around 18 Australian dollars per hour or around K40 per hour, which is triple the minimum wage of K3.50 set for the country....read more on  >> Pacific Business News

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