Companies linked to suspected arms and drug smuggling, busting sanctions on Iran, corruption and bribery won massive government contracts amid systemic failures to adequately vet the businesses being paid to run the nation’s multi-billion dollar asylum seeker offshore processing regime.
An inquiry into the Home Affairs department conducted by former ASIO director general and Defence chief Dennis Richardson also blamed senior public servants for the failure to use intelligence that could have prevented taxpayers from paying multiple companies linked to alleged serious crimes through often rushed contracts over a decade up to late 2022. “Intelligence and other information, which was readily available, was not accessed,” Richardson concluded in his report. “As a consequence, integrity risks were not identified.”In an exclusive interview to detail his findings, Richardson said time pressures during contracting led to “shortcuts”. He detailed departmental and agency failures to share vital information about contractors’ involvement in alleged serious crim
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