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Robert Patman: International relations expert says the Prime Minister has a fighting chance at getting change on 501 policy

Australia's 501 deportation policy will be back under the spotlight when the Prime Minister heads across the Tasman.

Jacinda Ardern will travel across the ditch to meet with new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tomorrow.

Otago University international relations expert Robert Patman told Tim Dower the Prime Minister has a fighting chance at getting change.

He says Albanese has already indicated he won't be changing the policy per se, but he might be open to looking - in greater depth - at individual circumstances.

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