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Day: 30 October 2016

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30 October 2016

ABGC backs Federal stance on backpacker tax

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) has welcomed the revised Federal Government view on the backpacker tax. ABGC Chair Doug Phillips said the Coalition’s new compromised figure of a 15 per cent tax on backpacker earnings – down from an original 32.5 per cent rate…
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