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Cardinals in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the funeral mass for Pope Benedict XVI in 2023.

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Former Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo.

Dutton says sacked Home Affairs boss Pezzullo ‘should have a role to play’ in nation’s future

The former Home Affairs Department secretary says he would be prepared to “again serve my country” if the government asked.

  • Deborah Snow and Paul Sakkal

Neither Dutton nor Pezzullo convinced me to set up Home Affairs

I must correct my former colleague. I was persuaded to set up the Department of Home Affairs, in the end, by my own team.

  • Malcolm Turnbull
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He’s warned us before on the China threat. Can we afford to ignore him again?

Mike Pezzullo was disgraced as a public servant. But his qualifications as a defence strategist remain intact.

  • Peter Hartcher
Seven Group chief executive Ryan Stokes is also the chairman of Boral.

Seven’s deadly sins: Network’s troubles pile up after Lehrmann ruling

Multiple defamation threats, a legal costs loss and a humiliating blunder. There’s plenty for the Seven West Media board to discuss when it meets today.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Incoming Home Affairs secretary Stephanie Foster at a previous senate estimates hearing.

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.

  • James Massola
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
Michael Pezzullo

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.

  • Matthew Knott

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