No safety net and now no jobs for many New Zealanders who call Australia home

As the coronavirus pandemic destroys jobs across Australia, New Zealanders who have lived and worked here for years are finding they have no access to welfare

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Less than a month ago, New Zealand citizen Sven Nielson was working full-time in the tourism industry in Queensland and supporting his two Australian-born children.

Now, like thousands of other New Zealanders living in Australia, he is facing the prospect of having no income and a complete lack of government support or assistance.

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I've spent my entire career here paying tax and building a network of clients, but there's no support

They feel like their hands are tied ... and they're frantically trying to reach out for some kind of financial assistance

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