National

Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess is a reporter for The Canberra Times

English WWOOFer Harry Gibons feeds a calf on his host farm at Bungonia.

Where did all the WWOOFers go?

As the federal government moves to revise the backpacker tax, small organic farms are struggling after a worldwide labour exchange program was virtually eviscerated in Australia 'with the stroke of a pen'.

The ABS announced the census was back online on Thursday afternoon.

Many Australians confused Sensis with census

While millions of Australians were unable to log onto the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census website on Tuesday night, thousands of other users met with similar frustration after misspelling the name of the national survey.