His death has sparked calls to improve the reporting of modern slavery offences and establish a national anti-slavery hotline.
An inquest into his death was told the recent university graduate was exploited by his employer, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
Coroner Rebecca Hosking found he had been required to work 60 hours a week of manual labour without receiving any of the training he had been promised, and he wasn't paid as agreed.
Coroner refers exploited migrant worker's death to federal police. AAP, SBS News