The revelations come as Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil declared the nation’s immigration system broken and signalled an independent review into what she called systemic failures, including in the migration agents sector, that have allowed overseas criminals to remain in Australia.Authorities have linked Ta’s migration agency to dozens of unmeritorious asylum seeker claims, including at least 15 made by convicted Vietnamese drug offenders.
“Home Affairs Minister Mr Peter Dutton was still in great form, and we also exchanged what family, business and indispensably, vehicles, are all about.”There is no suggestion that Dutton or Wood knew that Ta’s company had been used by criminals. Investigators linked Ta’s office to the applications by analysing IP addresses, according to sources who are not authorised to speak publicly.It is a breach of the migrant agent’s code to knowingly assist a person make a false visa claim, for a migration agent to fail to declare their involvement in a visa claim, or to claim a “special or privileged relationship” with any government official.
The suspect activity of Ta’s Australia-wide migration business has occurred over a period of several years, during which Ta– like many migration agents– posed with multiple politicians and posted the photos on his social media accounts that also advertise his migration business.