Court fines Barkly Homestead roadhouse for underpaying backpackers

Derek Barry
Updated May 4 2018 - 2:04pm, first published 2:03pm
The operators of the Barkly Homestead, between Tennant Creek and Camooweal, have been penalised $56,766.
The operators of the Barkly Homestead, between Tennant Creek and Camooweal, have been penalised $56,766.

The operators of the Barkly Homestead, between Tennant Creek and Camooweal, have been penalised $56,766, after ignoring pay advice and underpaying more than a dozen foreign backpackers.  

Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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