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‘Bolger/Keating “summits” proposed’

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‘Bolger/Keating “summits” proposed’

In 1901 New Zealand declined to join the Australian Federation, but in a 1993 echo of the federation debate, a New Truth cartoonist had a confused Australian prime minister, Paul Keating, thinking that New Zealand’s prime minister, Jim Bolger, was premier of an Australian state.

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John Wilson, Australians – Neighbouring nations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/602/bolgerkeating-summits-proposed (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.