Scott Morrison, Barnaby Joyce reach compromise deal on the $500 million backpacker tax

By James Massola
Updated September 27 2016 - 12:45pm, first published 12:43pm
A backpacker carries a bucket of tomatoes in Childers, north of Brisbane, Australia. Photo: Rob Griffith
A backpacker carries a bucket of tomatoes in Childers, north of Brisbane, Australia. Photo: Rob Griffith

The federal government will water down its proposed $500 million backpacker tax in a deal that will please Nationals MPs who had campaigned against the measure.

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