There are calls for Australian-born terrorist Brenton Tarrant to be sent home to serve his jail term, estimated to cost more than $1.5m per year.
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The Australian government has deported thousands of people with Kiwi passports to New Zealand since 2014, a source of ongoing tensions between both countries. “Sign a prisoner transfer agreement. Exchange Tarrant and make him serve out his sentence in Australia, as ruled by the New Zealand judicial system,’’ he said.
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