Australia to overhaul approach to New Zealanders facing deportation

Length of time someone has lived in Australia will be taken into account when considering whether to deport Kiwis who have been sentenced to a year or more in prison

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Australia’s immigration minister, Andrew Giles, has told his department to overhaul its approach to deporting New Zealand citizens who have spent more than one year in an Australian prison.

Australia’s deportation of dual-citizens on character grounds has been a longstanding source of frustration for the New Zealand government, which has strongly campaigned for a change in policy.

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