Flying Kiwis Unfazed By Lack Of Welfare Across The Ditch by JJ Smith 25 May 2023 written by JJ Smith In the second of a three-part series Greg Ansley and Michael Dickison investigate how New Zealanders are becoming second class citizens in the ‘lucky country’. An ever-increasing number of Kiwis are eyeing a move to Australia despite the lack of access to safety nets. More than one in three would work and live in Australia if they could – including 53 per cent of people younger than 40. Continue Reading
Kiwis Struggling Without A Lifeline Across The Ditch by JJ Smith 25 May 2023 written by JJ Smith In the first of a three-part series Greg Ansley and Michael Dickison investigate how New Zealanders are becoming second class citizens in the ‘lucky country’. On Queensland’s Gold Coast jobless and homeless Kiwis are handed sleeping bags and tents and told to find a spot to pitch camp. Often, this is the best social agencies can do to help. Continue Reading
Oz KiwiSavers may get money early by JJ Smith 25 May 2023 written by JJ Smith New Zealanders moving home from Australia will soon be able to access some of their retirement savings from the age of 60. Legislation introduced in Australia yesterday will make it possible for people to transfer retirement savings across the Tasman, in either direction, from July next year. Continue Reading
Changing faces of the Oz brain drain by JJ Smith 25 May 2023 written by JJ Smith Loss of skilled trades workers is threatening NZ with economic crisis, experts warn. The face of the exodus to Australia is changing as skilled trade workers in their 20s replace young, well-educated Kiwis flocking to Australia. Ten years ago, New Zealand was hit by a brain drain; now young tradespeople are chasing jobs and larger pay packets in Australia in a migration dubbed the “trades drain”. Continue Reading
Call for limits on Kiwis crossing Ditch by JJ Smith 25 May 2023 written by JJ Smith The number of New Zealanders living in Australia has jumped 24 per cent over the past five years and a new political party is calling for a limit on Kiwis crossing the Tasman. The results of the 2011 Australian census, released yesterday, show that the number of New Zealanders living there reached 483,000 last year, up from 390,000 in 2006. The five-year increase is almost as big as the surge in the previous decade. Continue Reading
