Senate snubs government deal on backpacker tax in surprise Turnbull government defeat | video

By Michael Koziol
Updated November 30 2016 - 1:44pm, first published 11:56am
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and his Nationals colleagues lauded the deal on Monday but it was defeated in the Senate on Wednesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and his Nationals colleagues lauded the deal on Monday but it was defeated in the Senate on Wednesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The beleaguered "backpacker tax" is back in limbo after the Senate snubbed a deal between One Nation and the Turnbull government for a 15 per cent tax and reduced it to 10.5 per cent.

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