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Consultancy firm boasted ‘unfettered access’ to Defence, national security agencies
Having won tens of millions of dollars worth of consulting work, this Canberra consultancy felt it was in the box seat for plenty more.
- by Nick McKenzie and David Crowe
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‘Sensitive’ police investigation into Nauru contractor
In March 2022, the AFP’s Sensitive Investigation Oversight Board approved Operation Bernie, which is investigating whether private company Canstruct was involved in corporate wrongdoing.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Minister announces inquiry into offshore detention contracts scandal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Peter Dutton to co-operate with a government probe into the offshore detention contracts scandal engulfing the opposition leader’s former home affairs ministry.
- by Angus Thompson and Matthew Knott
‘Cruel and unnecessary’: The decades-long wait for a visa for your mum
Vicky Heaton is one of almost 140,000 Australian residents waiting between 12 and 40 years to be reunited with their parents.
- by Michael Bachelard
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Dutton may face questions, but no royal commission can fix cruelty. That’s up to us
When it comes to asylum seekers, we have barely begun to think about our responsibilities and our failures.
- by Sean Kelly
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Scandal has stuck to Morrison, but offshore truths could hit home for Dutton
Recriminations over the conduct of the former Coalition government have mostly centred on Scott Morrison to date. The next inquiry will put Peter Dutton under scrutiny.
- by Peter Hartcher
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‘No one’s indispensable’: Former minister takes aim at Home Affairs
Karen Andrews says her former department needs reshaping and time might be up for its long-serving head, Mike Pezzullo.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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Boats, borders and bad guys: How a super department has come unstuck
A mounting litany of problems could mean the end of the Home Affairs experiment that began six years ago
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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Time to lay bare what’s gone wrong in Home Affairs
The department’s failings are so widespread and pervasive only a broad public examination will restore confidence in its vital functions.
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Police suspect banned Albanian politician is running an Australian crime clan
Intelligence files allege the politician may be a leading figure in a burgeoning criminal network in this country.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Home Affairs says Nauru detention scandal should be referred to police, NACC
Home Affairs said the responsibility rested with the companies engaged by the Commonwealth rather than the government itself.
- by Angus Thompson