Oz Kiwi gratitude
27 April 2023
Canberra November 2015: Oz Kiwi met with now Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil (back row, second left), now Deputy ALP leader and Minister for Defence Richard Marles (third left). Front row: former NZ Labour Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff (second left), then NZ Labour leader Andrew Little (Centre), with now Australian Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers (second right).
27 April 2023
Oz Kiwi offers a heartfelt thanks to the following groups and people, without them the major reform announced on 22 April would not have come about.
Current Australian Labor Government
In particular:
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
- Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles
- Treasurer Jim Chalmers
- Minister Clare O’Neil
- Minister Andrew Giles
- Minister Tony Burke
- Minister Bill Shorten
- Minister Tanya Plibersek
- Shayne Nuemann MP
- Minister Michelle Rowland
- Senator Murray Watt (QLD)
- Minister Tim Watts
- Senator Anne Urqhart (TAS)
- Terri Butler, former Federal member for Griffith
- Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand Harinder Siddu and her staff
Current New Zealand Labour Government
In particular:
- Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
- Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
- Minister Andrew Little (former NZ Labour leader)
- Minister Nanaia Mahuta
- Minister Grant Robertson
- Phil Goff, Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Minister Kelvin Davis
- Minister Marama Davison, New Zealand Greens
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese picutred in July 2022 (Photo: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images).
New Zealand High Commission to Canberra
- Dame Annette King, High Commissioner to Canberra
- Matthew de Witt, First Secretary
- Eamonn O'Shaughnessy, Deputy Head of Mission
- Chris Seed, former High Commissioner to Canberra
- Andrew White, former First Secretary
- Llewellyn Roberts, former Deputy High Commissioner
Tim Watts MP, Andrew Giles MP, High Commissioner to Canberra Dame Annette King, and Shayne Neumann pictured at a special citizenship ceremony in Brisbane on 23 April 2023.
Cross bench supporters (past and present)
- Senator Nick McKim (Australian Greens)
- Senator Hanson-Young (Australian Greens)
- Senator Adam Bandt (Leader, Australian Greens)
- Senator Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network)
- Rebecca Sharkey MP (Independent)
- Rex Patrick (former Independent)
Unions
- United Workers Union (UWU)
- The former National Union of Workers (NUW) now part of UWU
Advocates for change
- Greg Barns, Barrister and human rights advocate
- Australian Lawyers Alliance
- West Justice
- Anglicare
- Nerang Neighbourhood Centre (QLD)
Media
- Phil Pennington (Radio New Zealand)
- 1 News Australia correspondents Ryan Boswell, Conor Whitten & Andrew MacFarlane
- Peter Mares, author of Not Quite Australian: How Temporary Migration is Changing the Nation