In the world of FIFA politics money talks, and OFC has known so there's no commercial benefit to any other confederation taking us. Australia was a largish, wealthy market for AFC, but the commercial benefits of the new markets that the rest of OFC (including us) represents are just not enough to justify the cost of additional travel etc which would come with merging with OFC. The only thing OFC brings to the table is voting power at FIFA, so any candidate who wanted backing from OFC isn't going to dispense with the confederation - they're going to bribe us with backhanders and age group world cups and training facilities like they already do.
In the world of FIFA politics money talks, and OFC has known so there's no commercial benefit to any other confederation taking us. Australia was a largish, wealthy market for AFC, but the commercial benefits of the new markets that the rest of OFC (including us) represents are just not enough to justify the cost of additional travel etc which would come with merging with OFC. The only thing OFC brings to the table is voting power at FIFA, so any candidate who wanted backing from OFC isn't going to dispense with the confederation - they're going to bribe us with backhanders and age group world cups and trainif facilities like they already do.