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Government To Make Decision on Backpacker Tax

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The Honourable Senator Richard Colbeck has been working with Austrade investigating the affects of the proposed Backpacker Tax. The deadline for this recommendation to be submitted to government is April 6th 2016, we will be updating this post throughout the day with the latest updates.   What We Know   May 2015 – Government Announces Backpacker Tax In Budget Jan-Feb 2016 – Farming & Tourism Stakeholders begin to ramp up their protests against the tax and the wider harm it will have on the Australian Economy Feb 2016 – 5,000 Working Holiday Jobs members fill out the backpacker tax survey Read more

Government To Reconsider Backpacker Tax

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According to an article published by ABC online the Australian Government is “reconsidering” the “backpacker tax”. This issue has been a hot topic for the past several months. Backpackers have had their say completing our working holiday tax survey and completing the NFF Petition. ( Check backpacker tax survey results) After mounting pressure from Rural, Agriculture and Tourism industry stakeholders it seems the message is getting across.   Tourism Minister Speaks   The Tourism Minister Senator Richard Colbeck told ABC Online he would head a cross-departmental review of the tax. “Legitimate concerns have been raised about the impact the so Read more

Backpacker Tax Survey Results

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On January 27th we released the backpacker tax survey. Two weeks later we have had 5,000 people complete the survey. Here is a basic snapshot of the results. If you knew about the Tax before coming to Australia would you consider doing a working holiday elsewhere?  Yes 89% Would you be deterred from doing fruit picking / harvest / 2nd year visa work if you were taxed 32.5% Yes 90% Will Paying 32.5% Deter You From Working in Australia Yes 89% Do you think this tax will deter future working holiday makers from visiting Australia?  Yes 95%  If you are interested in viewing the full results Read more

10 Best Places to Work in Australia

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Coming to Australia to work as well as holiday is such a great opportunity available to so many young people from around the world these days. Having been doing just that myself for the last 2 years, and having seen a lot of this great country, here are my 10 best places to work in Australia. Sydney The king pin of Australia, the bustling city of Sydney has a ton of opportunities and a wealth of things to enjoy in your free time. From office gigs, to sales work, hospitality stints, to tradesman shifts, there’s every chance you’ll land a Read more

7 Big Surprises I Got When Travelling Australia

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Hardly classified as being off the beaten track in terms of backpacker tourism, I was pretty sure I’d know most things about Australia before I got here. I mean English-speaking, part of the Commonwealth and similar culturally and economically to the UK, what could I have been in the dark about? Turns out quite a bit! Here are 7 big surprises I got when travelling Australia. 1. That Winter Exists Down Under That’s right, not only do winters exist here, but they are cold too. I know, cold! This is especially true down in Victoria or South Australia where daytime temperatures Read more

5 Best Ways to Experience Uluru

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Situated within the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, in Central Australia, Uluru, or Ayres Rock, as it was formerly known, is one of the country’s most outstanding and recognisable landmarks. As such, it’s also a key bucket list ranker for many global travellers, renowned for both its geological and indigenous importance. Not usually one for visiting the most touristy and iconic attractions in a country, I thought I probably wouldn’t ever visit Uluru during my time here in Australia, mainly because it had been widely downplayed to me as “just a big rock”! Nothing however, could have been further from the Read more

Working Holiday Visa Tax Survey

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The Federal Government has shown it could be prepared to rethink an increase to new “backpacker tax“. Assistant Agriculture Minister Anne Ruston stated that she recognises concerns about looming labour shortages amid a downturn in working holiday makers to Australia. There is a survey below and results will be going directly Senator Anne Ruston’s office. Please share your opinions on the proposed “backpacker tax”, good, bad or neutral. Summary   Every dollar you earn will be taxed at 32.5%. Therefore the hourly rate you are quoted by employer divide that by 3, roughly a third goes to the Australian Government Read more

Free VLine Trains Until End Of January

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The Victorian government has announced there will be free VLine trains until the end of January 2016.   The Reasons   After a string of extended delays and regular cancellations an announcement was made free travel on all services between January 23 and January 31. This includes Melbourne to Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland. Approximately 70 trains have been replaced by buses due to wheel problems and a train failing to trigger the boom gates at Dandenong – a safety concern the government has been aware of since 2011, according to The Age.   The Victorian Government has announced free Read more

Backpackers Stranded for 30 hours in Remote National Park

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Thirty hours after crashing their car in a remote road designed for four wheel drives three French backpackers decided to go on the look out for help. The crash happened 80km north-east of Lake King in the Frank Hann National Park. The road receives very little traffic which you think would have prompted the three backpackers to try and search for help themselves rather than wait for a lucky break. “They left a note inside their station wagon and grabbed their remaining supplies and set out on foot along the Lake King-Norseman Road bound for Norseman, some 150km away” according Read more

Working Holiday Visa Australia Changes

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  The Australian department of Immigration and Border Protection has released new findings in its first ever white paper on developing Northern Australia. There’s some huge changes to come into affect over the coming months.   The Summary   -462 Work and Holiday Visa holders can get a 2nd Year Visa from some time in 2016 after completing 3 months of agricultural, mining, construction and mining, tourism, aged and disability care and or hospitality work in Northern Australia. -417 Working Holiday Visa holders 2nd year visa criteria will remain unchanged. -417 & 462 Visa holders can work with one employer Read more