DAYS out from the Federal Budget, the tourism industry fears it may be viewed as the “golden goose” for a cash-strapped government. Cutbacks to the Tourist Refund Scheme and a revised backpacker tax ...

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Carolina Wilga, 26, was found alive on Friday, July 11, nearly two weeks since she was last seen or heard from Western Australia Police Force Facebook A backpacker who was found alive on Friday, July ...

Carolina Wilga, 26, who has been backpacking around the country for the last two years, was last seen on Sunday, June 29 Western Australia Police Force Missing backpacker Carolina Wilga, 26, could be ...

Australia's "backpacker tax" illegally targeted some foreign workers, a court ruled Wednesday, leaving people who spent time in the country on holiday working visas in line for tax rebates. The ...

"She was eventually unable to walk, lost consciousness, and stopped breathing." A 37-year-old backpacker has died after suffering “sudden onset medical complications” while hiking at a national park ...

A backpacker hiking in a "remote" spot at a Michigan national park has died after experiencing a "sudden onset" medical emergency, authorities said. The 37-year-old woman was hiking on Monday, Aug. 12 ...

From 2017, Canberra applied a 15 percent levy for every dollar earned for two categories of working holiday visas linked to seasonal labour. In a landmark decision Wednesday, a Brisbane court ruled ...

I hate mosquitos. Like, really hate them. I don’t know if it’s my genetics or my propensity for sweating, but I can rarely walk out of the woods without a million bites covering my body. I’ll watch my ...

In Backpacker's 50-year history, we've told every kind of hiking story you can imagine: those of endurance, heartbreak, and triumph. We've spun tales of wildlife, introduced you to hundreds of quirky ...

"Australia seemed the one last place, I thought, on Earth where there was plenty of adventure left," British Navy veteran Paul Onions told the Australian news program "60 Minutes" of his decision to ...

On November 3 2021, the High Court of Australia decided in favour of the taxpayer holding that Article 25(1) of the double taxation agreement between Australia and the UK (UK DTA) would apply to the ...