Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is still to the Prime Minister. Today the President of the National Farmers Federation has called on the government to adopt Labor's position on the backpacker tax, stating: 'Do the deal today. Do what it takes to get the deal done. Do the deal. Do a deal.' Is the Prime Minister seriously going to inflict a 32½ per cent backpacker tax on rural and regional Australia because he is too arrogant to sign up to Labor's sensible compromise?

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