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Anna Patty

Anna Patty is Workplace Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former State Political Reporter and Education Editor.
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Ashleigh Mounser was underpaid in numerous jobs in Wollongong.

The great student swindle: how young people are being ripped off

Ashleigh Mounser took to Facebook to vent about being offered as little as $10 per hour to work in a takeaway food shop. Asking if anyone else had experienced similar treatment, she was was overwhelmed by complaints from 67 young workers within days of her original posting.