New Zealand ministers will try to persuade their Australian counterparts to give them access to Australia’s tax data to allow Inland Revenue to claw back hundreds of millions in student loan debt owed by expatriate New Zealanders.
Prime Minister John Key and six ministers leave today for a joint Cabinet meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his ministers.
They are accompanied by a business delegation.
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce said he was hoping to make some progress on several bilateral initiatives related to the huge amount of student loan debt owed by New Zealanders in Australia.