Why New Zealand is furious after Australia makes huge impact change By ZAK WHEELER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 07:10, 12 November 2024 | Updated: 07:21, 12 November 2024 e-mail Advertisement New Zealand's deputy prime minister has taken aim at Australia for deporting Kiwi criminals back to his country while Aussies remain locked up in NZ. Winston Peters (pictured), who is also foreign minister, urged the Albanese government to 'show a bit of gratitude' towards Kiwis. 'Ned Kelly should show a bit of humility on this matter and don't come the raw prawn with us, to use an Aussie expression,' he said.
The Albanese government has been working on tightening immigration and visa laws so that it is easier to deport foreigners if they commit crimes while Down Under. Mr Peters made a note of the positive economic impacts Kiwi migrants bring to Australia. He also highlighted the lack of repercussions to Aussies-at-large after Brenton Tarrant travelled to New Zealand and murdered 51 people on March 15, 2019.
Tarrant was jailed for life without parole following the massacre at the Al-Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch. It was the worst terror attack in New Zealand's history. 'Dare I say it: on March 15th, we had the worst terrorist event ever committed by an Australian in New Zealand,' Mr Peters told the Sydney Morning Herald.
'I hate to think that we might be being used for political purposes.' Mr Peters urged the Albanese government not to strain their trans-.