Lessons of backpacker tax fiasco

By By National Farmers’ Federation Ceo Tony Mahar
November 29 2016 - 6:00am
NFF CEO Tony Mahar.
NFF CEO Tony Mahar.

THERE was a collective sigh of relief across the farm sector on Monday when the Treasurer Scott Morrison announced that the Government would compromise on a 15 per cent backpacker tax rate.

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