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Home Affairs’ regulation of migration agents is not effective, says an auditor-general’s report.

‘Ineffective’: Home Affairs hammered over trafficking investigation failures

Auditor-general damns Home Affairs’ handling of migration agents after finding inadequate supervision and poor complaint handling.

  • Angus Thompson

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The Department of Home Affairs’ cybersecurity guru owns a six-figure shareholding in one of the country’s biggest tech supply companies, CyberCX, which is a major contractor to government departments, including his own.

Home Affairs ‘looking into’ six-figure shareholding of senior bureaucrat

A key bureaucrat in the Home Affairs department’s cybersecurity area is a shareholder in one of Australia’s biggest cybersecurity companies.

  • Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton ignored warnings as offshore processing show ‘rolls on’, says Labor

Then-minister Peter Dutton was sent a briefing note about the audit, and he simply indicated he had “noted” the report without having a discussion with his department.

  • Michael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie and Angus Thompson
Ex-ASIO chief Dennis Richardson has found serious problems in the way Home Affairs let billions of dollars worth of contracts.

Drugs, guns, corruption: Australia paid suspect companies to run offshore detention

Former ASIO boss finds Home Affairs failed to conduct adequate due diligence when issuing contracts that led to public money being paid to suspected criminals and corrupt officials.

  • Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger
Home Affairs assistant secretary Derek Elias raised concerns with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal that taxpayer funds were wasted on Australia’s offshore detention regime.

Sovereign Borders wasted and mismanaged millions, claims senior official

A senior Home Affairs bureaucrat has detailed grave moral and integrity concerns about waste and mismanagement in Australia’s controversial offshore detention regime.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard

Undercover cops did a Hollywood-style job under management more like Utopia

“The situation is not ideal,” deadpanned the investigator who drew attention to the failings of the AFP’s undercover program. That’s an understatement.

  • Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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An anonymous source spells out the dangers of working as an undercover police officer.

Undercover and alone: How the AFP mishandled its most endangered officers

Australia’s undercover police live a dangerous double life, lying for a living and surviving on their wits. A devastating report shows how they were let down by the agency supposed to protect them.

  • Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger
Michael Pezzullo was sacked as Home Affairs secretary on Monday.

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.

  • Nick McKenzie
Sacked Home Affairs secretary Michael 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.

  • Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and James Massola
Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo: the kind of brawler the bureaucracy needs.

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.

  • Lisa Visentin

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