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# Wallaby Kill Squad Cost $685K per Job
- URL: https://goodoil.news/wallaby-kill-squad-cost-685k-per-job/
- Published: 2021-08-06T02:54:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-06T02:54:26.000Z
- Author: Nicole McKee
- Tags: Economy, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

**Nicole McKee**  
ACT Conservation spokesperson

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A Government programme to carry out pest control of wallabies is costing taxpayers $685,000 per person hired.

[Budget documents released this week](https://www.act.org.nz/r?u=bqJmH6EPmgYAhXgAvFozP5xodGCsJDBOjaWPd-UNSgKi-g8NewiOPZ8kCiEBhquqNcK%5FED2iID6NqJ3WXkfr2H5%5FdSuPs3c9OY-0x8wILgg&e=14d0a6d75eb4a4d418f1c014d566e907&utm%5Fsource=actnz&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=wallaby%5Fkill%5Fsquad%5Fcost&n=2) say the “cost is approximately $685,000 per job and considered low-value economic stimulus. Associated natural capital benefits should be investigated further prior to reprioritisation decisions.”

> This Government loves to throw money at things without any care for whether they actually work.

As a shooter myself, I can tell you that it shouldn’t be costing the Government more than half a million per job – that’s just ridiculous.

And that’s not all,[ a Report of the Primary Production Committee](https://www.act.org.nz/r?u=aDRdpDfXeI8Gdrzycx2wwg1YsoJgcF-tjYdiaeomg1J9TjpPYvns%5FnwdOOt2mvkJ7QvUiMlQKuWPMDkkFhJWQFnlChXvzhcfQ7Y9pH4YZSoZb-B4mLKnqY08kBgR%5FsMn&e=14d0a6d75eb4a4d418f1c014d566e907&utm%5Fsource=actnz&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=wallaby%5Fkill%5Fsquad%5Fcost&n=3) show the Jobs for Nature programme is costing $200,000 per full time job.

ACT values the work that hunters and trappers are doing for conservation in New Zealand but the way these programmes are set up are **expensive failures.**

At a time when debt has ballooned Labour is happy to throw around taxpayers’ money without a care for the value it gets, or the impact on future generations.

It’s time to give up on these expensive programmes and start spending taxpayers’ money more responsibly.

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