Coalition says plan to let New Zealanders vote gives them rights other temporary migrants ‘do not enjoy’

Shadow immigration minister also raises concerns about Labor allowing New Zealand criminals to stay' in wide-ranging speech before press club

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The Coalition has accused the Albanese government of jeopardising Australia's non-discriminatory migration policy for suggesting New Zealanders could gain the right to vote.

The shadow immigration minister, Dan Tehan, said on Tuesday that the plan to enfranchise non-citizen permanent residents flies in the face of Labor great Bob Hawke's commitment to a non-discriminatory immigration policy".

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