A months-long investigation into the failures of Home Affairs,exposing deep flaws in the operation of Australia’s gatekeepers.
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The grilling of senior police raises serious further questions about how Home Affairs managed multibillion-dollar offshore processing contracts.
A mounting litany of problems could mean the end of the Home Affairs experiment that began six years ago
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.
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.
Intelligence files allege the politician may be a leading figure in a burgeoning criminal network in this country.
Karen Andrews says her former department needs reshaping and time might be up for its long-serving head,Mike Pezzullo.
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.
Police and intelligence agencies are concerned that the organised crime gangs are exploiting weak immigration controls to run large operations in Australia.
Chris Jones was kicked off Nauru for treating his patients with too much care. He believes he was interrupting Nauru politicians’ business model.
Home Affairs said the responsibility rested with the companies engaged by the Commonwealth rather than the government itself.
Paladin majority owner Craig Thrupp defended the transfers which are under investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said claims of improper use of taxpayer dollars by companies contracted by the department were deeply concerning.
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.
An unscrupulous employer engineered a path to this country for the young hopeful Chinese man,then put him to work for a pittance.
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.