Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley in question time yesterday brandishing an NZPA report published as the lead in the
Dominion on Saturday concerning Australian/NZ social security arrangements. On Friday the PM issued a press release
calling this article recklessly irresponsible. Photograph Mark Graham
MORE BACKGROUND ON THE TRANS TASMAN SOCIAL SECURITY STORY...
On Why We Are Unwelcome Over There
COMMENTARY:
- JOHN HOWARD - Australia plans to reverse its own brain drain by introducing policies to keep its best and brightest at
home and it will change its immigration policies to become more attractive to bright people from around the world. John
Howard writes. See... Howard’s End: The Race For The Best And Brightest
- SIMON ORME - Kiwi bashing has broken out in Australia in the lead up to Christmas, culminating in the revelation of a
new deal between Canberra and Wellington, under which Kiwis moving to Australia need to meet the standard Australian
immigration criteria to qualify for social security and other benefits. Simon Orme in Sydney Backgrounds the dispute.
See... Australia – ‘Tis the Season for Kiwi Bashing
RELEASES:
- NATIONAL - NZ Government damaging Trans-Tasman relationship
- PRIME MINISTER - NZPA report recklessly irresponsible