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I remember my cousin was out here for the working holiday visa thing years ago. Went out to do her six months looking after some kids for a family on a farm.
She lasted a couple weeks and decided their vile and racist shit towards her and everyone wasn't worth her sanity and came back to Perth. Found another job, better job, not long after.
The whole episode really brought home just how precarious and open to exploitation people entering these farm work situations are. My cousin had options, she had people she could call on for help, but that family could and probably did get people without that support after her, and i hate to think about how they fared.