'We are being underpaid, overworked': Paladin staff walk off job on Manus Island auspol
they are being underpaid, denied overtime and risk allowances, adding that those who transitioned from the former security contractor had their wages cut.
Photographs distributed by the Refugee Action Coalition advocacy group appeared to show security posts deserted across three compounds on Manus Island. The little-known company, whose Australian arm was until recently registered to a beach shack on Kangaroo Island, was awarded the contract in 2017 through a closed tender process.
"I've been involved in having to put these sort of services in remote locations for a very long time and it is not a cheap exercise," he told the ABC's 7.30 program on Monday night.
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