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Jacinda Ardern asks for coronavirus relief for New Zealanders banned from Australia’s welfare
NZ PM says she made a direct appeal for a temporary change to the rules to allow laid-off New Zealanders living in Australia to access benefits
The New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is urging her Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison, to allow New Zealand citizens living and working in Australia access to welfare benefits as the Covid-19 pandemic triggers mass unemployment across the country.
Speaking on Tuesday, Ardern said she had raised the issue directly with Morrison, with a specific request for a “a short-term exemption” to Centrelink restrictions on the more than 650,000 New Zealanders living and working in Australia.
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