Australia’s gig workers should not be forced to choose between their health and a paycheck when temperatures soar, experts say
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As the mercury went into the mid-40s across swathes of Australia this week, many people sheltered indoors, with the air con blasting.
In cities like Melbourne, many ordered food and cold drinks to be delivered to their homes, to avoid suffering the heat.