A lot has changed since the fraught trans-Tasman exchanges of the Morrison government with the two countries now hitting reset
, Ardern was asked why this exchange of records could never have happened when Morrison was in office. Ardern’s very diplomatic formulation was: “We did talk about music on occasion but I’m not sure that I would’ve exactly picked necessarily the right music if I think I was given that task, so …”The last time Ardern was in Australia was 28 February 2020, on the same day the first Covid-19 case in New Zealand was announced.
Ardern smiled as Albanese recounted how the New Zealand PM had snuck in the very first congratulatory phone call when the Labor leader was on his way to the election night party to give his victory speech on that Saturday in May. Ardern already had Albanese’s number as they had spoken when he was opposition leader. Albanese’s message, in referencing the call, was: we’re good friends, we’ve hit the ground running, the only way is up.
When Albanese did what Morrison was always reluctant to do – explicitly and unequivocally acknowledge climate change as a national security challenge – Ardern nodded in agreement. When Albanese observed that it was as if Australia was now out of the “naughty corner” on climate policy, Ardern chuckled.
There were none of the fireworks from some previous leaders’ meetings, which mainly arose from differences over Australia’s practice of deporting New Zealand nationals on character grounds, including those who had moved to Australia as children and had no real connections in their country of citizenship.
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