Politics / Queensland

Working holiday visa changes driving backpackers away, employers say

ABC News Rosanne Maloney, Conor Byrne, and Holly Richardson

29 Sept 2026 16:31 AEST Summary

Migration Policy Holidays Remote Working Regional Development and Planning Tourism and Leisure Industry

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Far North Queensland industries are already losing staff due to working holiday visa changes, employers say.

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Niral Score 9.2 · calm mundaneloaded

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Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 82 unattributednamed sources Mood 36.7 sorrowjoyful

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Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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