ABC Online | Tasmanian fruit growers welcome backpacker tax resolution ABC Online There is relief among Tasmanian fruit growers that the stalemate over the backpacker tax has finally ended, after the Greens agreed to a 15 per cent rate. The issue has dragged on for months, with proposals bouncing between the Senate and House of ... Government defends Greens backpacker tax deal Parliament diminished as puritans defy pragmatists Backpacker tax passes the Senate |