Philippines minimum wage (Wiki) . . . . 205 pesos per day in nonplantation agricultural sector in the Ilocos Region to 456 pesos per day in the nonagricultural sector in the National Capital Region.

Just to condsider . . .  1 AUD = 41.6021 PHP (Philippines peso)

205 pesos = 6.00997 AUD

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=250&From=PHP&To=AUD

And, they now have the added insult of earthquake trauma to contend with.

Makes a person stop to think, doesn't it?

Well, it should.