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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.
Another trans Tasman brawl has erupted over Australia's contentious policy of deporting criminals. Earlier this week the Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton called those being sent overseas "trash". That's drawn an angry response across the ditch.
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