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The Coalition's proposal for a 19 per cent tax on backpacker earnings looks shaky as senators prepare to amend and reject the Government's legislation.
Topics: tourism, federal-government, tax, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, rural-tourism, parliament-house-2600
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Corroboree Park Tavern owner Linda Francis speaks about the inaugural Marrakai Mango Festival.
Topics: fruit, rural-tourism, adelaide-river-0846
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The Northern Territory mango harvest is well underway and is celebrated in a unique way in the Mary River region at the weekend.
Topics: fruits, rural-tourism, adelaide-river-0846
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Topics: fruit, rural-tourism, adelaide-river-0846
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| UpdatedThe Coalition's 19 per cent backpacker tax compromise looks set for defeat in the Senate, with Labor and Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie pushing for a 10.5 per cent rate
Topics: federal-government, agribusiness, tourism, rural-tourism, fruit, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, livestock, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, rural-tourism, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, rural-tourism, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, rural-tourism, rockhampton-4700
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Topics: rural-tourism, other-sports, strathalbyn-5255
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Topics: other-sports, rural-tourism, strathalbyn-5255
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| UpdatedIt seems every stockman and their dog has come to Strathalbyn to compete in the Lower Lakes Challenge.
Topics: rural-tourism, strathalbyn-5255
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Topics: beef-cattle, women-in-agriculture, rural-tourism, rural-youth, community-development, yaraka-4702
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Topics: community-and-society, rural-tourism, henty-2658
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| UpdatedThe government's backpacker tax was never specifically investigated to see if it would hurt farmers and the tourism industry, a Senate inquiry has revealed.
Topics: federal-government, tax, rural, agribusiness, rural-tourism, tourism, agricultural-crops, fruit, vegetables, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Alan Hartley, aged 84, remembers what it was like to grow up in Charters Towers during WWII. He always remembers how he wasn't allowed anywhere near the WWII bunker on Towers Hill. It is quite a contrast to today since two of them have been turned into a tourist attraction.
Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: world-war-2, rural-tourism, charters-towers-4820
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, community-development, rural-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, tourism, travel-and-tourism, food-and-beverage, information-technology, orange-2800
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The NSW Department of Primary Industries is working on a website to encourage more people to visit farms on their holidays.
Topics: community-development, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, orange-2800
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A Top End mango grower says he has had no trouble sourcing workers for harvest, as the bulk of the Darwin farms begin fruit picking.
Topics: agribusiness, vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruit, rural-tourism, darwin-0800