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TNT Golden Backpack Awards 2013

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TNT Backpacker Awards

The TNT Golden Backpack awards were held in Sydney last Friday November the 8th. According to TNTdownunder.com almost 94,000 votes were recorded from 23,000 individual voters with one award category receiving a whopping 2,400 votes alone. Votes are cast over a 9 week period, where backpackers could vote for their favourite Tour/Activity & Hostel in every state along with national awards which were, Best large travel agent, Best small travel agent, Best Recruitment Service, Best Indigenous Cultural Experience, Best Online Only Booking Website. Hosted by Sam Kekovic the event was held at the Sofitel Sydney in the grand ballroom, it Read more

Know Your Rights on Your Working Holiday

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Working Holiday Australia

So you’re in a foreign country, everything is different and suddenly you have questions about your employment, well you’re not the only one. Over the past 2 years the Fair Work Ombudsman in Australia as received 230 complaints in the Fruit Picking Sector, as a result of these complaints $80,000 was recovered for 107 workers. Around one third of these these workers were on a “ Working Holiday Downunder”.  This is just the Fruit Picking Sector, so there’s going to be a lot more complaints and queries in the much larger sectors. From our view at Working Holiday Jobs Australia Read more