Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

They are. You could not provide the information from your side of the chamber—nor could the ATO—on how many backpackers were or were not legally residents for tax purposes, because there is no information. I gave an example, during a recent debate, of two Patagonian gentlemen who stayed on our family farm. They rented an old cottage from my mum and dad. They worked on the local strawberry farm. They were in Tasmania for nearly nine months. They went and climbed all the mountain peaks in the state because they are extreme mountain climbers. They had a year in Australia and they based themselves in Tasmania for nine months.