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Ever looked at the names of the people who deliver ubereats, or drive the cars, etc? There's still a disparity. We're just better at making sure the lower classes aren't fucked over as badly.
Which makes your point, to be fair. But there's still an underclass. 1 in 7 people live below the poverty line in Australia.
Edit: Check this out. Just read this on the ABC website.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-14/pacific-farm-worker-pregnancies-undocumented-labour/106779364
That's funny I read that as well and I got to this part:
She shouldn't be here
She is here though. And on her visa, she still did not have Medicare, apparently.
Also, there's a lot of people on expired visas working the jobs most don't want to do.
I don't like it either. If we let this expand, it will become economically integral to Australia like in America, and the misery will be entrenched and defended by the business lobby.