The police came to set the record straight,but we all ended up confused
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Analysis

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.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie

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AFP retracts statement Dutton was briefed on Nauru bribery investigation

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.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Consultancy firm boasted ‘unfettered access’ to Defence,national security agencies

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.

  • byNick McKenzie andDavid Crowe
‘Sensitive’ police investigation into Nauru contractor

‘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.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Minister announces inquiry into offshore detention contracts scandal

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.

  • byAngus Thompson andMatthew Knott
‘Cruel and unnecessary’:The decades-long wait for a visa for your mum

‘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.

  • byMichael Bachelard
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Dutton may face questions,but no royal commission can fix cruelty. That’s up to us
Opinion
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.

  • bySean Kelly
Scandal has stuck to Morrison,but offshore truths could hit home for Dutton

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.

  • byPeter Hartcher
‘No one’s indispensable’:Former minister takes aim at Home Affairs

‘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.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Boats,borders and bad guys:How a super department has come unstuck

Boats,borders and bad guys:How a super department has come unstuck

A mounting litany of problems could mean the end of the Home Affairs experiment that began six years ago

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Time to lay bare what’s gone wrong in Home Affairs

Time to lay bare what’s gone wrong in Home Affairs

The department’s failings are so widespread and pervasive only a broad public examination will restore confidence in its vital functions.

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