Following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022, the newly-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated that while the Section 501 deportation policy would remain, he was open to "tweaking" the policy to take into account the amount of time an individual had lived in Australia. In addition, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated that she would press the Albanese Government on the 501 deportation policy, which had complicated Australia–New Zealand bilateral relations. During a state visit to Canberra in June 2022, Ardern discussed the 501 deportation policy with her Australian counterpart. In response, Albanese reiterated that he would look at addressing New Zealand's concerns about the deportation of its citizens.
