paid only around $30 a day for back-breaking work, forced to rent substandard housing, have poor access to health care, and are subject to abuse and sexual harassment. This exploitative labour system is openly acknowledged to be propping up many aspects of the Australian farm sector, and there appears to be little desire to implement any meaningful government regulation. References Further reading Mutual Aid or Welfare State. Australia's Friendly Societies, David Green & Lawrence Cromwell (1984) Industrial War. The Great Strikes 1890-94, Stuart Svenson (1995) Sydney's Burning (An Australian Political Conspiracy), Ian Turner (1969) A Documentary History of the Australian Labor Movement 1850-1975, Brian McKinley, (1979) Strikes. Studies in Twentieth Century Australian Social History, Ed by John Iremonger, Merritt, Osborne. Angus and Robertson in association with ASSLH (1973) My Union Right or Wrong. A history of the Ship Painters and Dockers Union 1900-1932, Issy Wyner (2003). Accessed 1 May 2005 David Peetz, Unions in a Contrary World: The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement, 052163055X, 9780521630559, 9780521639507 Cambridge University Press 1998 Australian labour law Economic history of Australia Industrial Workers of the World in Australia Political history of Australia Social history of Australia