Lukas Coch/AAP August 24, 2026 ‘We are not in a safe place’: women reveal being abused while producing the food Australians eat Gemma Tarpey-Brown, The University of Melbourne; Cathy Vaughan, The University of Melbourne; Karen Block, The University of Melbourne, and Laurentina mica Barreto Soares, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e New research interviewing women involved with the federal government’s Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme shows why it needs urgent reform to stop worker exploitation.
