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Europe’s Gen Z head to the mines of Australia

TikTok may glamorise the FIFO lifestyle in the outback, but what happens when the reality doesn’t quite match?

 

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Amalie Sortland 

Reporter: Niamh Rowe 

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

10 mins • S1, E1245

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