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PNG minister Jelta Wong meeting with Albanese government minister Murray Watt in December 2022.

Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation

Documents reveal the country’s former police minister is under investigation over suspicions of bribery.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard

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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
Paladin founder and majority shareholder Craig Thrupp.

Manus contractor boss paid $1.2m to mother working at Home Affairs

Paladin majority owner Craig Thrupp defended the transfers which are under investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard

Millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians through a chain of suspect contracts.

  • Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger
Department of Immigration and Border Protection secretary Michael Pezzullo during a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Tuesday, October 20.

Top PNG official named in Senate as demanding payment from Paladin

The chief secretary of the Papua New Guinea government, Sir Isaac Lupari, allegedly approached a director of controversial Australian immigration detention contractor Paladin for financial support, according to evidence provided to a Senate committee in Canberra.

  • Richard Baker
Detainees inside the Manus Island centre in 2013.

Offshore detention in PNG not value for money, Auditor-General finds

Auditor-General gives Department of Home Affairs a tick for management of offshore detention but questions remain over whether taxpayers got a good deal.

  • Richard Baker
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The Shamrock compound on Manus Island.

Manus Island contractor's lobbying efforts in PNG revealed for the first time

Struggling to get PNG to grant visas for its workers, Australian contractor Paladin turned to two politically-connected firms to help it lobby ministers.

  • Richard Baker
Secretary of the Home Affairs Department Mike Pezzullo at Senate Estimates on Monday, March 2.

'Nothing to see here': Home Affairs chief denies knowing of bribe requests

Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo was defiantly telling a parliamentary committee that his department had no bribery concerns when an email arrived to contradict him.

  • Richard Baker
Please allow me to introduce myself: Paladin Group chief executive David Saul and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape

CBD Melbourne: Better call Saul, urges Paladin boss

What we do know is the head of the security group, sparked a minor safety incident himself.

  • Samantha Hutchinson and Kylar Loussikian
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape.

PNG Prime Minister threatened Australian Border Force contractor

Staff at controversial company Paladin were threatened with detention and deportation over claims of a corrupt offer from an alleged PNG politician.

  • Richard Baker

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