Joyce welcomes backpacker tax review

18 May 2016

  The Turnbull-Joyce Government has listened to industry concerns about possible labour shortages resulting from the 1 July 2016 application of the non-permanent resident tax rate to backpackers, and has agreed to review the tax, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and W...

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Glory, glory to Chaffey Dam as upgrade complete

13 May 2016

The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources and Member for New England Barnaby Joyce has heralded today’s official completion of the much-anticipated expansion of Chaffey Dam to increase its permanent storage capacity to 100 gigalitres as a momentous occasion for the T...

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Quality reforms to get New England Electorate students ahead

02 May 2016

    The Deputy Prime Minister and the Member for New England Barnaby Joyce said the Coalition Government has committed to the most significant package of education quality reforms in a generation to drive excellence in Australia’s school students as part of its $73.6 billion student...

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