Should Australia and New Zealand Open Their Doors to Guest Workers From the Pacific? Costs and Benefits

Helen HughesSeptember 4, 2006PM72

Should Australia and New Zealand depart from their long term immigration policies to provide work places for short term seasonal guest workers from the Pacific. This monograph addresses the costs and benefits of such a policy departure for the guest workers, for Australia and New Zealand, and for the people of the Pacific.

 

 

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