The backpacker tax is a textbook case of how not to develop policy | Greg Jericho

At some point rural voters will wonder what’s the point of having the National party in government if something so important is such a train wreckThe backpacker tax has been a textbook example of how not to develop policy and a good reminder to those living in rural areas that having the National party as automatic members of a coalition with the Liberal party does little to serve their interests. Tourists – namely backpackers – are a massive part of the labour force in the fru