02-02-2023, 06:20 PM
And about bloody time, too.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...eportation
"The deportations of the New Zealanders ÔÇô despite in some cases tenuous connections to New Zealand ÔÇô have provoked frustration in the trans-Tasman relationship for years.
Rather than changing section 501 of AustraliaÔÇÖs Migration Act, the Australian immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has issued a ministerial direction to his department to pay greater attention to the strength, duration and nature of a personÔÇÖs connection to the Australian community.
ÔÇ£Some of them have been there since they were very young children, and sending them to New Zealand when they have no connections here other than a very historic one isnÔÇÖt really a fair or just outcome,ÔÇØ Hipkins said."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/australi...Q52G7TPYQ/
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...eportation
"The deportations of the New Zealanders ÔÇô despite in some cases tenuous connections to New Zealand ÔÇô have provoked frustration in the trans-Tasman relationship for years.
Rather than changing section 501 of AustraliaÔÇÖs Migration Act, the Australian immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has issued a ministerial direction to his department to pay greater attention to the strength, duration and nature of a personÔÇÖs connection to the Australian community.
ÔÇ£Some of them have been there since they were very young children, and sending them to New Zealand when they have no connections here other than a very historic one isnÔÇÖt really a fair or just outcome,ÔÇØ Hipkins said."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/australi...Q52G7TPYQ/
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)