Melissa Conley Tyler, an expert in diplomacy at the University of Melbourne and former national executive director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), has reacted to that report by asking why commentators are so surprised.
In a Wednesday column for the AIIA titled Is Australia Humble Enough to Learn from New Zealand? , Tyler says that while the countries are close in geography and culture, they often have different interests. Those old enough will remember a 90-year dispute over apples. But because of the close economic relationship and because Australians like New Zealand so much, the presumption is that they ll always get on, she writes.
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New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta said Mr Dutton s comment only serves to trash his own reputation . They should reflect on how they portray the transfer of people back to New Zealand, but again, Dutton s comments only serve to trash his own reputation, she said.
The Australian Border Force, the agency responsible for deportations, had allowed a Channel Nine crew access to film a flight of deportees being returned to New Zealand.
Under current Australian laws, visa holders who are sentenced to at least 12 months in jail face mandatory deportation. For New Zealand citizens who have spent the majority of their lives in Australia, however, the practice can see them returned to a country they have little connection to.
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