Former senior security mandarin Dennis Richardson will scrutinise contracts to operate offshore asylum seeker detention camps following allegations of suspect payments to political identities in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil announced the probe on Monday, just hours after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he would support a referral of contract management to the National Anti-Corruption Commission as long as it went back to 2012 when Labor was in office.
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Andrew Tillett is The Australian Financial Review’s correspondent for Europe, based in London. He was formerly foreign affairs and defence correspondent based in Canberra. Connect with Andrew on Facebook and Twitter. Email Andrew at andrew.tillett@afr.com
