Macquarie River irrigators confident of securing backpacker workforce

By Kim Bartley
November 29 2016 - 12:00pm
MOVING FORWARD: Macquarie River Food and Fibre chairman Michael Egan is certain that a 15 per cent backpacker tax would allow growers to attract and retain workers across the summer. Photo: File
MOVING FORWARD: Macquarie River Food and Fibre chairman Michael Egan is certain that a 15 per cent backpacker tax would allow growers to attract and retain workers across the summer. Photo: File

Macquarie River Food and Fibre chairman Michael Egan has welcomed the federal government’s compromise on the backpacker tax that he thinks will get through the Senate.

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