Report calls for backpacker visa changes

By Matt Coughlan
Updated November 30 2020 - 2:59pm, first published 2:53pm
A report has proposed visa changes to channel more backpackers into farm work.
A report has proposed visa changes to channel more backpackers into farm work.

Workers in low-paid farm jobs like fruit picking would be able to stay on the dole under a parliamentary committee's plan to improve backpacker visas.

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