Australia - Row over country´s plan to tax foreign backpackers: Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English

Published on Oct 23, 2016

Australia's government is being accused of targeting foreign workers with the introduction of a special tax on backpackers. Young people from around the world travel to Australia on "working holidays", where many earn money picking fruit and vegetables before travelling around the country. But farmers are concerned backpackers could stop coming if they are taxed more than locals.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Gatton near Brisbane.