Diane van den Broek – The Conversation

Senator Jacqui Lambie has clashed with the National Farmers’ Federation in advocating for a backpacker tax of 10.5%. Rashida Yosufzai/AAP

November 30, 2016

Why it’s now Labor’s turn to compromise on the backpacker tax

Joanna Howe, University of Adelaide; Alex Reilly, University of Adelaide; Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney, and Diane van den Broek, University of Sydney

The use of backpackers in the horticulture industry has long undermined the ability of the industry to grow and plan for the future.

Debate around skilled migration can degenerate into political footballs. AAP

June 10, 2013

The challenge to migration policy is to go beyond easy headlines

Diane van den Broek, University of Sydney

It seems the broad debates around migration, and often skilled migration, are little different from one country to the next. The United States is currently considering sweeping migration reforms that include…

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