NZ Labour schools Australian Labor on population ponzi

Tuesday 11 April 2017

With the New Zealand general election scheduled for 23 September, the Labour opposition has taken aim at New Zealand’s mass immigration program, which Labour claims is choking housing, infrastructure and public services in Auckland, as well as undercutting working conditions. From Interest.co.nz:

Labour’s immigration policy will focus foremost on whether the number of people entering New Zealand on work visas can be cut, and those positions filled by locals, leader Andrew Little says.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.