Government prepares for findings on senior public servant
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Government prepares for findings on senior public servant

Top bureaucrat Michael Pezzullo has been under scrutiny over his dealings with Liberal powerbroker and lobbyist Scott Briggs.

  • byNick McKenzie andJames Massola

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Where did all the money go? Tens of millions for PNG refugees disappear in months

Where did all the money go? Tens of millions for PNG refugees disappear in months

The Australian government paid $80 million to look after 60 men. Less than two years later that money is gone.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Misused millions:Top spy’s secret report slams Home Affairs

Misused millions:Top spy’s secret report slams Home Affairs

Dennis Richardson’s classified inquiry is a scathing assessment of how hundreds of millions of dollars were managed in the so-called Pacific Solution.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Immigration problems are laid bare,time for real solutions
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Immigration

Immigration problems are laid bare,time for real solutions

Sustained investigative reporting has unveiled wide-reaching problems in our immigration system,the government response will be closely watched.

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‘Millions on planes’:Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses,says Nixon

‘Millions on planes’:Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses,says Nixon

Former top cop Christine Nixon reveals that,as rorters and criminals flooded the visa system,the authorities went missing.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Refugees in PNG face eviction as Australian taxpayers’ dollars dry up

Refugees in PNG face eviction as Australian taxpayers’ dollars dry up

Millions of dollars of Australian taxpayer money funnelled to PNG to look after the remaining refugees from Australian camps appear to have gone missing.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
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Home Affairs chief’s links to big tobacco,PwC revealed
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Home Affairs chief’s links to big tobacco,PwC revealed

Michael Pezzullo gave British American Tobacco access to a top official after a lobbyist friend’s request,and spoke to a consulting boss about privatising the nation’s COVID quarantine system.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
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The Age,The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes reveal how Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo used WhatsApp messages to try to reshape governments.

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Five years. A thousand messages. How a top public servant tried to influence governments
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Five years. A thousand messages. How a top public servant tried to influence governments

Our reporters have uncovered a cache of messages,sent by Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo to a Liberal powerbroker,where he tried to protect his allies and denigrate his enemies.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andAmelia Ballinger
The refugees left,but the millions kept coming for Nauru contractor
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Nauru

The refugees left,but the millions kept coming for Nauru contractor

Documents reveal how Australian company Canstruct made big profits servicing refugees on Nauru,and they only got bigger as time went on.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
I worked with Mike Pezzullo. Here’s why he has to go
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Opinion

I worked with Mike Pezzullo. Here’s why he has to go

The Department of Home Affairs is almost entirely Pezzullo’s creation. As the man at the top,he must accept responsibility for the culture of the department he has led.

  • byGeorge Brandis