Humble servant of the Nation

Green Army hits a snag

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Canberra is a huge sausage-making machine and, as they say, no one would want to eat a sausage after seeing how it’s made.

Last week, the government finally got its backpacker tax legislation through the Senate. It was excruciating to watch, a form of political torment with every man Jack and woman Jill in the parliament engaging in an unseemly auction.

Ultimately, the Turnbull government sat down with the Greens and came up with a 15 per cent tax on backpackers working their way around Australia. In order to get the deal done with the Greens, the government offered a $100 million funding boost to Landcare Australia.

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