Infrastructure, Criminal Deportation on the Agenda for Australia-NZ Leaders Meeting

This will be the first comprehensive bilateral meeting between the country’s leaders.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at a meeting attended by New South Wales state Premier Chris Minns at state Parliament in Sydney, Australia on Aug. 15, 2024. Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Images

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has arrived in Australia ahead of his first official trans-Tasman bilateral meeting with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese.

Speaking to reporters in Sydney, he flagged AUKUS—and security and defence generally—trade, and the resumption of deportations of so-called “501s” (New Zealanders who’ve committed crimes in Australia) as being among the issues he was keen to discuss.