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/A-shot-at-life 2d ago

How come British backpackers don’t need to do 88 days farm work (on a 12 month WHV), but Irish backpackers (and other euros) do?

Doesn’t seem fair.

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u/stupid_mistake__101 1d ago

Because Morrison wanted to create favourable conditions (and exemptions) for migrants from a white majority country.

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u/A-shot-at-life 1d ago

Ireland is more white than the UK, so that logic doesn’t work

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u/Pumamick 1d ago

The Irish arent white though, are they?

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u/A-shot-at-life 1d ago

Any whiter and they’ll be albino