Larry Williams Drive

It looks like our fractious relationship with Australia for the last few years might be about to get a lot better after the change in government over there.Jacinda Ardern met with new PM Anthony Albanese for the first time today and the signs are really encouraging.A couple of things have caused real stresses in our relationship with Australia in the past few years: the 501 deportees and the problem with China.On the 501s, Albo hasn’t committed to anything yet, but he dropped enough hints for us to have hope that he is going to make a few changes that we would like.He clearly is going to keep sending the Kiwi crims back here, but it sounds like he might stop sending those crims who, although born in New Zealand, have spent so long in Australia, that they are really Australia’s problem and they have no connection with New Zealand anymore.He said he would use common sense on that front and conceded that he’s be annoyed too if he was in Ardern’s shoes.That’s a good sign that would make a big difference, because