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Paladin asked Home Affairs about 'unforeseen bribes'

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Paladin executives asked the Home Affairs department whether it should "help out" in the payment of "unforeseen bribes" and "corrupt levels of fees" during negotiations over its controversial refugee services contract on Manus Island.

The security firm raised the issue in a letter dated September 6, 2017 that was released to the Senate this week among more than 2700 pages of documents.

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