Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

) ( ): My question is to the Treasurer. Last week, the Treasurer declared that there was no room for compromise on a backpacker tax of 19 per cent. Today, the Treasurer shouted that 15 per cent was a line in the sand. Is this the Treasurer's final position or just his latest? Why doesn't the government negotiate with the Senate the same way the Prime Minister negotiates with the hard Right of his party room and just give in?

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