Coalition backs down on $500m backpacker tax, cuts proposed rate

By James Massola
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:24pm, first published September 27 2016 - 9:23pm

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

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