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Chris Hipkins and Anthony Albanese announced they will create a 12-month expert group to explore easier travel across the Tasman Sea.
"We have not looked at a trans-Tasman passport but what we're looking at though is making a seamless experience of going through from country to country," Albanese said from Wellington."Before you get on a plane in either country it is already recognised that you are OK to come in and therefore you can just go through smart gates in a seamless way and in a timely way as well.
Albanese's trip to New Zealand is his first as prime minister and was for the annual meeting for leaders of the two countries. In addition to easier travel, he and Hipkins announced a new trans-Tasman roadmap, which will stretch to 2035. This roadmap is structured around five pillars: sustainable, inclusive and prosperous economies; security and resilience; being active partners in the Pacific; upholding shared principles and values; and the countries' peoples.
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