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Taryn O'Dowd, deported from Australia as a '501'

Taryn O'Dowd, deported from Australia as a '501' Source: SBS

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More than 300 New Zealanders, known as 501s, have been deported from Australia after falling foul of the character section of the Migration Act.

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