Max was earning more as a dishwasher in Australia than as a university-qualified environmental monitoring technician back home in New Zealand. He is among a record number of people leaving the country.
  • baseball2020@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 minutes ago

    A local economics podcast gave me an interesting point, which was that post covid Australia had one of the better unemployment rates, and it 100% came down to government funding jobs in the care sector. Now I do understand some of those aged/disability care programs got ripped off (like NDIS), but the guests claimed that countries relying on private sector jobs to bounce back basically have worse numbers. Food for thought in the role of government intervention in markets

  • pix_wbmr@feddit.orgEnglish
    10·
    2 hours ago

    I’d love to move to NZ but your immigration laws are insane…

    I’m austrian and it’s basically impossible to move to NZ for me

      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        40 minutes ago

        It’s almost entirely the cost of living VS income, very little to do with politics.

        I don’t know how to describe how stupid leaving NZ for Australia because of politics would be.

  • tornavish@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    91·
    2 hours ago

    there is no cause for alarm, noting that global workforce flows continue to bring skilled migrants into the country

    Hey USA, this is the time. Not next year, right. This. Minute.