Wounded agriculture industry looks to move on from backpacker tax saga

Ashley Walmsley
Updated December 5 2016 - 5:02pm, first published 4:59pm
PICK ON: Grower groups have responded with gratitude to the signing of the 15pc backpacker tax deal but say the political process left a lot to be desired.
PICK ON: Grower groups have responded with gratitude to the signing of the 15pc backpacker tax deal but say the political process left a lot to be desired.

FARM groups have welcomed the newly signed 15 per cent backpacker tax but acknowledge scars have been left from the long political battle.

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Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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