Tony Abbott's green army will be paid half the minimum wage

By Bianca Hall
Updated April 23 2018 - 9:26pm, first published March 2 2014 - 3:00am

A ''green army'' of 15,000 young people will be paid as little as half the minimum wage, as fresh details emerge of the federal government's plan to create Australia's largest environmental workforce.

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