Government ignored Treasury warning on immigration

Government ignored Treasury warning on immigration
Immigration Minister Erica Stanford lives in the “real world”. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Treasury says there’s a big gap in the work the Government is doing on immigration, but ministers aren't listening.Treasury said the Government’s policy programme was too focused on short-term, quick fixes and needed to consider how immigration could best support the country’s labour market, and economic and fiscal needs, over the medium to long term.A recently published Cabinet paper disclosed the internal debate to an unusual level of detail, with Immigration Minister Erica Stanford saying such “theoretical”...

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