Police suspect banned Albanian politician is running an Australian crime clan

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.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard

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Home Affairs says Nauru detention scandal should be referred to police,NACC

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.

  • byAngus Thompson
Nauru doctor:Where did all the millions go?

Nauru doctor:Where did all the millions go?

Chris Jones was kicked off Nauru for treating his patients with too much care. He believes he was interrupting Nauru politicians’ business model.

  • byMichael Bachelard,Nick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger
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Home Truths

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

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

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.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Minister invokes corruption watchdog over offshore detention scandal

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.

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

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.

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

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.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Albanian mafia linked to dead multimillionaire trucking boss
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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.

  • byNick McKenzie andMarta Pascual Juanola
Millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians

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.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andAmelia Ballinger
Brought to Australia as a ‘student’,Henry was made into a slave

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.

  • byMichael Bachelard,Nick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger