The Australian government used a fraud conviction to attempt to deport an otherwise “model” New Zealand citizen who has lived in Australia for 40 years, with three Australian children and an Australian wife, and has not returned to his birth country since he was 17.
The Morrison government is using the final days of parliament to attempt to harden its “character test” policy, which is used to cancel the visas of non-citizens, primarily New Zealand citizens, who are sentenced to more than 12 months’ imprisonment.
