Is NZ thinking too small about Australia?

Is NZ thinking too small about Australia?
Jacinda Ardern and Anthony Albanese meet again this week in Sydney, their third meeting in less than a month. (Image: Getty)
Pattrick Smellie
Every foreign visit a prime minister makes is important.Jacinda Ardern heads from Europe straight to Australia this week on a trade mission, for the first meeting of the Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum and the first official face-to-face Australia-NZ political leaders summit since before covid-19 closed borders in 2020.But after a week spent rubbing shoulders with the leaders of Europe and the NATO military alliance, there’s no escaping the sense that a week in Australia might feel like a bit of a come-down.It shouldn't.NZ&rsqu...

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