Hort rips into backpacker tax review

Ashley Walmsley
August 25 2016 - 12:00pm
PUSH ON: Horticulture groups say the September 2 deadline for submissions into the federal government's backpacker tax review means a tight turnaround.
PUSH ON: Horticulture groups say the September 2 deadline for submissions into the federal government's backpacker tax review means a tight turnaround.

AUSTRALIA'S peak body for the apple and pear industry has warned of faltering Australian fruit supplies if the proposed backpacker tax is not dropped.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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