Stephanie Foster replaces Mike Pezzullo as new Home Affairs boss

Stephanie Foster replaces Mike Pezzullo as new Home Affairs boss

The Albanese government has moved rapidly to replace Mike Pezzullo with a new Home Affairs boss.

  • byJames Massola

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Pezzullo’s fallen empire nothing to be missed

Pezzullo’s fallen empire nothing to be missed

While the hawkish Pezzullo can take much credit for running Operation Sovereign Borders and other hardline border security operations,the Home Affairs empire he built and oversaw never worked as intended and has failed at critical junctures.

  • byNick McKenzie
Failures on quarantine contract helped sink Pezzullo

Failures on quarantine contract helped sink Pezzullo

The decision by the ousted Home Affairs secretary to direct a government contract to his lobbyist friend’s firm without declaring it was among the factors in his dismissal.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andJames Massola
Threats and opportunities:Home Affairs enters its post-Pezzullo era

Threats and opportunities:Home Affairs enters its post-Pezzullo era

The sprawling and troubled department that was created in Michael Pezzullo’s image is entering a new era and may need to be overhauled to focus on new priorities.

  • byMatthew Knott
Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo sacked

Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo sacked

Australian Public Service Commissioner,Dr Gordon de Brouwer,determined that Pezzullo had breached the public service code of conduct at least 14 times.

  • byOlivia Ireland andJames Massola
Government quietly changes secretary payout requirements ahead of Pezzullo findings

Government quietly changes secretary payout requirements ahead of Pezzullo findings

A new ruling signed off by the Remuneration Tribunal on Friday appears to revoke the lucrative compensation obligations owed to department secretaries if they are found to breach their code of conduct duties.

  • byLisa Visentin
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Government prepares for findings on senior public servant

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
Immigration problems are laid bare,time for real solutions
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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
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‘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
Wielding power from the shadows

Wielding power from the shadows

As the fallout continues over the conduct of Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo,the Albanese government will be grappling with how to re-establish institutional checks on power.

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

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