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In Australia the grass is now yellower

by Whaleoil on November 22, 2012

Some bright-eyed Kiwis rushing to The Promised Land Australia, are preferring to be left to sleep rough in parks or under bridges rather than be flown back to New Zealand care of the Australian tax payer.

Sharon Turner, of the Gold Coast Youth Service, said it had helped two youths return to New Zealand because they could not access housing or welfare in Queensland.

Many more homeless young Kiwis had turned down the offer, she said.

“We do see and support a lot more young people who prefer to stay on the Gold Coast with limited to no options,” she said.

Apparently “our best and brightest” include people that don’t know the following:

New Zealanders are automatically issued with special visas on arrival in Australia, allowing them to live and work there indefinitely.

However, special-visa holders are refused access to most social support available to other long-term residents, including unemployment payments.

In Queensland, these restrictions extend to public housing and disability support.

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The restricted support has also been blamed for growing poverty among New Zealanders in Queensland.

 

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  • stinkeye

    No wonder they see us as a bludging lot of good for nothings. I don’t blame them wanting to stop these useless idiots from flocking over. Whinging about not getting a benefit over there as well?

    • Gazzaw

      A lot have already qualified for free board & lodging & a free one way ticket home courtesy of the Aussie taxpayer.

  • http://barnsleybill.blogspot.com barnsleybill

    Just in case any of you have forgotten. It was Clark that pushed the Australian govt to cut Kiwis off and line up our tax departments to chase kiwis over there to try and stem the outflow a decade ago.

    • Petal

      You’re not suggesting Helen was trying to keep her voters from leaving the country are you?

      /tongueincheek

    • Tristanb

      Good on her. Although it doesn’t really help NZ, was the right thing to do.

      It’s a pity she didn’t make it so some of our neighbours can no longer bludge off the dole and send money back home.

      Anyway, Labour was in a better state then. Helen was controlling, nasty and cold. But at least she could control her party. If Helen Clark insulted a sickness benny painting his roof, then the rest of the party would have nodded in agreement.

      Labour are going more and more left wing as their leaders get weaker and weaker. (Which I believe is the wrong thing for them to do.)

  • In Vino Veritas

    Some months ago, the Herald published an article by some academic, which said that it’s not our best and brightest that are going to Australia. “Best and brightest” is a Labour Party slogan to describe their voters that are leaving for “yellower” pastures………

  • Phar Lap

    Well it was the Lie-bour meglamaniac Helen Clark who cut the deal with the Australians in 2001,making NZs second class citizens.They are also denied the vote,that is why they are cannon fodder for Australian Politicians.Even the boat people who arrive in Australia get better consideration.Wish we could return the complement regarding Australians coming here and settling.Take the RED/”green”commie Russel Norman,he gets the best of NZ considerations,he even gets to tell us how to live and exist in our country.WTF. To ram home the point he goes over to Australia every three years and sucks the unfortunate NZs over there to vote for him in NZ.Surely he could at least get involved in the blatant discrimination of the Clark generated racist activities of the Australian Government on NZs.Seems it is time for him to ask the hard question of his tree hugging mates in Australia to help the” legal immigrants”.

  • Honcho

    These sorts of people are deserving of their situation, l say leave them there, we dont need them back here, back on sucking on our system.
    If they had worked hard at school, got a trade or some quals, worked hard, and not made too many stupid choices in life expecting someone else to pick up the pieces, then they wouldnt be in this situation, not at all. But these arent those sorts of people.

    • peterwn

      NZ Government should pay for their return, slap on a $100 administration fee and ‘establish’ the amount as a welfare overpayment. Trouble is there are too many do-gooders who consider that welfare is a ‘human right’. Long suffering Aussie taxpayers also have a human right – not having to support bludgers.

  • Brendan Waugh

    When I got my passport – delivered from the New Zealand High commission they clearly warned in their little brochure that Australia did not provide any cover.

    For many of these people they failed to plan and thus planned to fail. They see the bright lights across the ditch not realizing what will happen if they run out of money.

    But for some, after spending years in Australia and paying taxes there it feels unfair to then be deprived of the social services.

    • Grizz30

      I think you can apply for permanent residency or citizenship which would entitle you to these services which is an option open to long term residents.

    • Gazzaw

      In which case they should take out Australian citizenship

  • Tristanb

    Had anyone in Auckland or Wellington noticed the increasing number of homeless on the street begging?

    It’s apparently quite a lucrative “job” at the moment, with guys making up to $200 per day if they get enough stupid tourists walking down Queen Street.

    I’d love to buy all of these guys a one-way ticket overseas, although I’d feel bad for the country taking them. Maybe we can send them to somewhere in the Middle East or Africa.

  • blazer

    54,000 left last year to escape this govts damning non performance.What… 12 or 13 people have needed assistance to return.

  • surfisup

    why don’t we do the same to the Aussies who come here?

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