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Refuge Opens for Melbourne’s Gig Workers

Gig Worker, On The Beat

Sam Deshayes reports.

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A first-of-its-kind hub for Melbourne’s gig workers has opened in the CBD to provide amenities for a growing cohort of workers without an office.

The space provides a place to rest with a microwave, water and bike lights.

It comes after a series of high profile deaths of delivery riders in Australia this year.

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