30 Apr 2022

Australia urged to allow more Pacific immigration

From , 6:01 am on 30 April 2022

While discussions on Australian aid to the Pacific are front and centre in that country's election campaign, an economist says the way to improve relations is to allow more Pacific immigration.

The Australian National university development economist, Stephen Howes, says for Australia to better connect with the Pacific it needs to allow the Pacific diaspora into Australia to grow.

He told Don Wiseman that providing long term work opportunities and the chance to settle permanently would work wonders in developing the relationship.

Gold Coast woman Breeana Robinson died in 2013, after falling 11 storeys from an apartment balcony.

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