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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.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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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.
- by George Brandis
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The police came to set the record straight, but we all ended up confused
For five years the Department of Home Affairs was doing business with a man who was under investigation by the federal police for corruption. Why? Well, we’re still not really sure.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
AFP retracts statement Dutton was briefed on Nauru bribery investigation
The grilling of senior police raises serious further questions about how Home Affairs managed multibillion-dollar offshore processing contracts.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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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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Opinion
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