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.
Controversial consultant David Milo used material he obtained as a partner at Deloitte to further his private interests after he left the firm.
National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Paul Brereton says he will publicly call out inappropriate referrals to the new agency if they’re designed to damage reputations.
Greens senator Barbara Pocock has made a formal referral over the tax leaks scandal,seeking more answers about the firm’s conduct.
The normalisation of corrupt conduct - including pork-barrelling - is a cancer on our democracy. But there’s cause for optimism that the rorters are now on notice.
The Greens have already compiled of list of 10 matters it plans to refer to the new federal anti-corruption watchdog,which officially opens on July 1.
The funding offers the first public evidence about the scale of the payments to Synergy 360 by one of its clients.
Former cabinet minister Stuart Robert met consulting firm Accenture to discuss a federal project worth $111 million after his close friend David Milo had been trying to help the firm win lucrative government contracts.
Peter Dutton said he supported Linda Reynolds referring the payout to the integrity commission,which she said she plans to do if no one else does.
Special Minister of State Don Farrell said the government was “deeply concerned” by the reports about the former minister when asked in a Senate estimates hearing.
Stuart Robert’s departure from politics does not prevent the NACC from looking into his conduct over the nine years of the former Coalition government.