The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand have discussed ways to boost cooperation between defence forces on either side of the Tasman, during a meeting in Sydney.
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00:00 This meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his New Zealand counterpart,
00:06 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, was really about showing the strong and long relationship
00:12 between Australia and New Zealand.
00:16 Before the meeting began, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was keen to show that New
00:21 Zealand and Australia are not just friends but family.
00:24 And Christopher Luxon said that he was committed to showing a stable and secure relationship
00:31 in the Indo-Pacific region.
00:33 AUKUS was a point of discussion, of course the pact to get nuclear-powered submarines,
00:40 but race relations was also, that was also the point of several questions in the press
00:46 conference.
00:48 Of course, Indigenous Affairs has been a big issue in Australia this year with the referendum
00:53 on a voice to Parliament.
00:55 And also New Zealand's relationship with its Maori people has been in the spotlight recently
01:01 because of, since Christopher Luxon came to power just weeks ago, he's disbanded the Maori
01:08 health system.
01:09 He was asked about that in the press conference.
01:11 He said in his view, separate health systems wasn't best practice.
01:15 Take a listen to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaking about the ties between the country
01:20 earlier.
01:21 Our common values that we have as nations mean that there are great opportunities for
01:28 us to work together on closer economic ties, closer social ties and working together in
01:34 the international community to meet our common objectives.
01:39 Now both the leaders were also keen to point out that this relationship will continue and
01:45 Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers from both governments will meet soon.
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