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Labor’s rogue regime: Kiwi pastor detained, interrorgated by Border Force then deported

Key points

  • New Zealand church leader Brian Tamaki says Australian Border Force detained him on arrival in Brisbane and questioned him for 12 hours. Authorities cancelled his visa, held him at an immigration detention centre and deported him the next day.
  • Border Force documents cited his social media statements and risk to the community. Tamaki faces three charges of alleged racial disharmony in New Zealand, which he says prompted the decision.
  • He has asked whether New Zealand authorities shared information with Australia and says he will speak at a free speech rally in Auckland on October 31.
Labor’s rogue regime: Kiwi pastor detained, interrorgated by Border Force then deported
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