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Paladin's 'high risk' contract with Peren had no corruption oversight

Angus Grigg and Lisa Murray
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Home Affairs failed to adequately scrutinise politically connected sub-contractors used by its Manus Island service provider, Paladin, amid concerns from the department's own internal auditor that fraud and corruption controls were lacking.

The concerns relate to an agreement in January 2017 between Paladin and Peren Investment, a company owned by the family of Papua New Guinea's speaker and Manus Island MP, Job Pomat.

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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com
Lisa Murray is Enterprise Journalism Editor and host of The Fin podcast. Connect with Lisa on Twitter. Email Lisa at lmurray@afr.com
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