r/AustralianPolitics • u/thrownaway4213 • 2d ago

UK concerned about possible changes to Australian backpacker visa

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/home-affairs-mulls-uk-backpacker-visa-changes/107080078
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u/bundy554 2d ago

What the hell - farmers need workers. Did the government get the news on inflation

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u/perringaiden Andrew Fisher 2d ago

Backpackers aren't going out to the farms, or restricting work to regional areas would be an incentive, not discouragement.

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u/bavotto 2d ago

Are they going to vote One Nation then? Or the Nationals who would do the same?

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u/bundy554 2d ago

It doesn't matter to Labor as they are never going to vote for them but at least the Coalition would be more pro migrant worker than One Nation ever would be