Hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted over the years
Recently, the Paladin controversy has dominated political discussions. The company was contracted to provide security for the refugees detained on Manus Island. The questions at the centre of this debate relate to the conditions under which this contract was made and the ways in which the agreed $423m were spent.
However, all the focus of the media has been directed only at this one company, simply questioning the figure in the contract. For years I have been scrutinising the security companies and medical service providers on Manus. I question why this critical approach to Paladin has only been taken up now and why it is exclusive to one company. The Paladin scandal is only one small part of this issue – hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted in the detention centres on Manus and Nauru during these years.
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