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Uber drivers' experience highlights the dead-end job prospects facing more Australian workers

Written by Peter "PJ" Holtum, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland

Being an Uber driver doesn’t seem like a great job. Conditions aren’t great and the rate of pay, already typically less than the minimum wage, is declining.

So why do Uber drivers keep driving?

When we asked them, they told us the job was better than any...

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