10 Jun 2022

Some success for Ardern in Albanese meeting - analysis

From Checkpoint, 6:14 pm on 10 June 2022

Jacinda Ardern appears to have had some success in her long-standing battle to convince Australia to review its contentious 501 deportation scheme.

Under the section 501 visa character test, Australia deports people who've spent a year or more in jail. A majority of those are New Zealand citizens, due to our ease of access to live and work in Australia.

To update us on what the two leaders discussed, we're joined by the ABC's Peter Ryan.