Melbourne, July 27 - An Indian journalist, who was working undercover to expose migration and education scams in Australia, was assaulted over the weekend.

The scribe was attacked when she was working on a report for the Four Corners programme, ABC News online reported Monday.

'The woman was subjected to threats during the making of the programme and was attacked over the weekend. Police have been notified,' the report said. The journalist was not identified.

She went to two different migration agents posing as someone wanting to pass an English language test without having the skills, and said she was willing to buy a fake work certificate.

She was able to do both if she paid between $3,000 and $5,000.

The programme aims to 'expose a number of cases where students have lost tens of thousands of dollars'.

The family of Prabmeet Singh, a student, spent more than $40,000 on a course at the Sydney flying school Aerospace Aviation.