Jennifer Curtin, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The success of independents at the Australian election is a sign the political culture has shifted in Canberra, with potential benefits for expat New Zealanders and trans-Tasman relations in general.
Beyond allowing one family to go ‘home to Bilo’, what else we can expect the new Labor government will do about thousands more asylum seekers and refugees?
Richer nations are increasingly looking to offshore their immigration processing and further their own economic and political interests at the same time.