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Nauru President David Adeang and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Australia was alerted to millions in suspicious payments to Nauru politicians. Then it signed a $2.5b deal

Nauru’s current president along with a former president and his wife were suspected of money laundering and corruption by Australian authorities in 2022.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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Tim Jones, left, and Micky Ahuja from MA Services.

Watchdogs spent millions with security firm linked to Finks bikie gang

The company is tied to the outlaw motorcycle gang partly through its involvement in a controversial security deal on Nauru.

  • Nick McKenzie and Cameron Houston
Nauruan President David Adeang at Parliament House last year.

Secret transcript: Nauru hopes that deportees it receives in $2.5b deal will go home

The Albanese government is arguing it has no responsibility for what happens to people it successfully deports to Nauru, even if they are subject to harm.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke.

$2.5b Nauru deal won’t be made public without court challenge or agreement, says Burke

A secretive memorandum of understanding has been kept under wraps since the deal was inked in August.

  • Nick Newling
Nauru President David Adeang at Parliament House last year.

Wong, Burke admit to secret meetings with Nauru president

Wong’s office said she “raised recent media reports” with Nauru President David Adeang on Monday, but not until after he was photographed entering Parliament House on Tuesday.

  • Brittany Busch, James Massola and Nick McKenzie
President of Nauru, David Adeang and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a signing ceremony following a bilateral meeting at Parliament House in Canberra last year.

‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC

Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.

  • Matthew Knott and Nicole Precel
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Senior public servant Derek Elias has blown the whistle on alleged mismanagement and corruption.

‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions

The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.

  • Nick McKenzie and Cameron Houston
Oisin Donohoe an ex soldier who was appalled when it turned out the government-funded security firm he signed up for was run by bikies.

‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal

A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.

  • Nick McKenzie and Cameron Houston
The island of Nauru, in Micronesia.

Labor’s ‘totally bonkers’ deportation deal will give Nauru $2.5 billion in 30 years

The Albanese government will give Nauru $20 million when the first foreign-born criminal touches down on the tiny island nation, which could be within weeks. 

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Newling
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time on Tuesday.

Deportation laws face rushed two-hour inquiry as migration debate rages

As Labor defended Australia’s migration program against political attack, the government came under additional fire from refugee advocates over its $408 million Nauru deal.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Newling

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