Working holiday visa restrictions relaxed

Backpackers and other visitors on working holidays will be able to stay in Australia longer under a federal government plan to help farmers fill job shortages. Pacific islanders taking up seasonal work will be able to stay three months more and the age limit for working holiday visas for some countries will be lifted to 35. Backpackers will no longer need to leave jobs every six months and will be able to triple the length of their stay if they do extra agricultural work. The changes come after the Nationals failed to deliver a promised agricultural visa.