Backpackers to be charged 19 per cent tax in Australia

By Matt Maloney
Updated September 27 2016 - 5:41pm, first published 4:30pm
Backpacker backdown result of ‘people power’
Backpacker backdown result of ‘people power’

The federal government has backed down on a controversial backpacker tax which would have stung worker holidaymakers one-third of their income.

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