Immigration – why we're left in the starting blocks

Immigration – why we're left in the starting blocks
NZ has some catching up to do in competing for migrant talent. (Image: Getty)
Jem Traylen
The tightest job market in living memory? Calls for migrant pathways to residency to be streamlined?  No, this isn’t the New Zealand economy I’m referring to, but headlines from across the Tasman.Before you feel a sense of relief that Australia is stuck in the same hole, they’re well ahead in terms of restarting immigration and this week their prime minister is hosting a jobs summit to see if he can forge some kind of consensus between business and unions on what further steps they should take to dig themselves out.Accord...

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