For too long Australia has tampered with our Australasian/Anzac tie. Australians here are welcome and still entitled to the original agreement for their citizens living/working here.
The fact that their own MPs don't know or understand the laws they promulgated regarding their eligibility to pontificate in Canberra's parliament speaks volumes to the world at large.
Time for Kiwis to stand up for themselves. Kiwi offers to sort the humanitarian Manus refugee problem have been wiped by the present incumbent. He doesn't want them coming in to Oz by the New Zealand passport back door.
Easy fix – the government can deal with the Papua New Guinea authorities. Send the Pacific Pearl (or whatever) to Manus, offer the refugees a specialised form of New Zealand passport and get them here to build/engineer/doctor. By specialised passport I refer to the UK passport variations which make you a UK passport holder and having certain British protections but you can only reside in a specified area e.g. Gibraltar/Bermuda/Monserrat. Then incumbent Turnbull's ‘soft' objection is met. ‘Soft' in that he has also been reported saying that if the Yanks don't take them then Oz might look again at Ardern's offer.
In the fullness of time Turnbull/Dutton might find themselves in the refugees' situation. No ‘pull the ladder up Jack, I'm alright' then eh? Remember the kudos New Zealand got with Clark's Tampa fix?
A Baker, Morrinsville (Abridged)
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I really don't blame.....
Posted on 10-11-2017 15:59 | By groutby
...Australia for their action, why would they want (and will probably get) these illegal immigrants back after obtaining NZ Citizenship?..they probably have their background and history by now, and we blindly offer full assistance because they or their families can afford to take the chance to get to another country bypassing normal requirements. The writer says become 'build/engineer/doctor'..and maybe a few will, maybe....surely we need to know these people will have the ability to make a contribution to our country, and we simply don't. I am no fan of the UN, but I do think there is a process which needs to be followed and adhered to to at least have the best outcomes for and AND the genuine refugees.
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