British woman wins legal battle against Australia’s ‘backpacker tax’
by Paul Karp from on (#5REP9)
Australia's high court finds the higher rate of tax for working holiday makers is discriminatory and breaches treaty with UK
A British backpacker who worked as a waitress in Sydney has won a long-running legal dispute against Australia's backpacker tax" in its highest court.
On Wednesday the high court ruled in favour of Catherine Addy, finding the tax which slugged working holiday-makers thousands of dollars more than Australians discriminated against her on the basis of her nationality and infringed a treaty Australia signed with the UK.
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