Australia Backpacker Tax

A British woman on Wednesday won a lengthy legal fight against Australia's "backpacker tax", after the country's top court agreed the levy discriminated against foreigners on working holiday visas.

Working holidaymakers from overseas were given a reprieve today from being hit with a so-called "backpacker tax" in Australia after a campaign by farmers and the tourism industry.

A British woman on Wednesday won a lengthy legal fight against Australia's "backpacker tax", after the country's top court agreed the levy discriminated against foreigners on working holiday visas.

Working holidaymakers from overseas were given a reprieve today from being hit with a so-called "backpacker tax" in Australia after a campaign by farmers and the tourism industry.