Construction watchdog deal inches closer as backpacker tax accord is landed

By James Massola, Matthew Knott
Updated November 28 2016 - 7:18pm, first published 6:36pm
Nick Xenophon says the government is confident, so that must mean it is willing to compromise.
Nick Xenophon says the government is confident, so that must mean it is willing to compromise.

The Turnbull Government is confident of striking a final-week deal to re-establish the construction industry watchdog, more than three years after Tony Abbott promised to deliver the policy.

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