Working holidaymakers from overseas were given a reprieve Tuesday from being hit with a so-called "backpacker tax" in Australia after a campaign by farmers and the tourism industry. The government, ...

THE backpacker tax which is driving foreign harvest workers away from Australia could be left on hold at 32.5 per cent because of political bickering over whether to reduce it 19 or 10.5 cents in the ...

Assistant Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer today announced a “whole of Government review” of the tax, which farmers feared would deter much-needed seasonal workers. From July, working holidaymakers were facing ...

Backpackers have always been treated as non-residents for tax purposes. AAP/Julian Smith The Federal Government has announced it will delay the start of the so-called backpacker tax by six months. The ...

THE controversial backpacker tax, which would have seen working holiday visa holders taxed at a rate of 32.5 per cent from the first dollar they earn, has been scrapped, and instead lowered to 19 per ...

Treasurer Scott Morrison yesterday announced a compromise deal in which plans to hit foreign backpackers with a 32.5 per cent tax rate will be dumped in favour of a 19 per cent rate for earnings up to ...

The increase is part of a package to help fund the government’s rehashed 19 per cent backpackers tax from the first dollar earned, rather than the previously flagged 32.5 per cent. “It’s not just a ...

THE slashing of the controversial backpacker tax has boosted hopes Territorian mango farms will be able to recruit up to 4500 fruit pickers needed for imminent harvest While the tax drop from more ...

A Mirboo North vegetable grower has warned the move to postpone the backpacker tax would create further uncertainty for holidaymakers. Emma Germano of Germano Produce, a 120-hectare cauliflower, ...