Published: March 31, 2019
Auditor general to assess whether offshore processing services procurement has been ‘appropriately managed’
The auditor general is expanding its inquiry into the government’s controversial deal with Paladin to cover all offshore processing contracts, after a string of revelations about the way it has handed taxpayers’ money to companies working on Manus Island and Nauru.
In February, Labor referred the $423m Paladin contract to the auditor general to investigate why the Department of Home Affairs chose the “inexperienced and unknown company” to take over garrison services on Manus Island following the closure of the detention centre.
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