Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s Inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program
The Australian Chamber-Tourism welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program. As the peak body for business groups operating in tourism, Australian Chamber – Tourism is a long-standing advocate for the working holiday maker program. The working holidaymaker program encourages cultural exchange and closer ties between arrangement countries by allowing young people to have an extended holiday supplemented by short-term employment. Working holidaymakers are an important component of the visitor market and have consistently supplemented short-term labour market needs, particularly in regional Australia.