Home Truths

Home Truths

A months-long investigation into the failures of Home Affairs, exposing deep flaws in the operation of Australia’s gatekeepers.

Manus contractor boss paid $1.2m to mother working at Home Affairs

Paladin majority owner Craig Thrupp defended the transfers which are under investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog.

• July 26, 2023
• by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard

Minister invokes corruption watchdog over offshore detention scandal

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said claims of improper use of taxpayer dollars by companies contracted by the department were deeply concerning.

• July 25, 2023
• by Angus Thompson

Please Explain: How millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians

Investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard discuss their investigation into the secret money trail beginning in Home Affairs coffers and ending with payments to bank accounts controlled by powerful Pacific Island politicians.

• July 25, 2023

Dutton told of contractor’s corruption cloud weeks before $9m deal awarded

Just one month after the Home Affairs Department signed the contract, police arrested Mozammil Bhojani and charged him with paying more than $100,000 in bribes.

• July 25, 2023
• by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie

Albanian mafia linked to dead multimillionaire trucking boss

Troy Kellett died after falling from a stack of shipping containers at an Adelaide dock. Police are probing if he was there to help in a narcotics importation.

• July 24, 2023
• by Nick McKenzie and Marta Pascual Juanola

Millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians through a chain of suspect contracts.

• July 23, 2023
• by Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger

Brought to Australia as a ‘student’, Henry was made into a slave

An unscrupulous employer engineered a path to this country for the young hopeful Chinese man, then put him to work for a pittance.

• July 23, 2023
• by Michael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger

Violent, organised and in Australia: Dangerous Albanian criminals make a mockery of migration system

Police and intelligence agencies are concerned that the organised crime gangs are exploiting weak immigration controls to run large operations in Australia.

• July 22, 2023
• by Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger