EMAILS ABOUT PETER DUTTON'S AU PAIR VISA DECISIONS
CASE NO.1
* Dutton's office asked for a briefing on ministerial intervention for an au pair detained in Brisbane at 6.30pm on a Wednesday night in 2015
* It was an "urgent" request from a former Queensland police colleague of Mr Dutton and the minister wanted it resolved within an hour
* The woman, who was on a tourist visa, was meant to be deported that night
* Border officers found a conversation on her phone where she agreed to do some babysitting work for cash while in Australia
* The ministerial intervention briefing was done and the visa granted just before midnight
* Dutton said it was "in the public interest" for the woman to stay in Australia
CASE NO.2
* On November 1, 2015, a different au pair was detained in Adelaide after border officers found out she was planning to nanny and work at a polo event
* AFL boss Gillon McLachlan, who knew the family the woman planned to work for, got his office to contact Dutton's office
* "There has clearly been a misunderstanding that (the woman) was intending to work for us when (the woman) is here to spend time with our family," the Adelaide family said in an email
* McLachlan's office contacted Dutton's office, who requested a ministerial intervention briefing
* Australian Border Force said the woman had already worked as an au pair on a tourist visa once before and planned to do so again
* A brief was prepared recommending Dutton intervene to keep the woman in the country, but at least one ABF officer didn't agree: "The ABF does not agree with the content, or think it appropriate that the Minister intervene."
* There was also a risk the department would have to bear the cost of the flight already booked to send the woman home
* Dutton missed the deadline to intervene but his decision was backdated after the department was told the woman would be granted a visa on Sunday night.
(SOURCE: Home Affairs Department emails given to Senate inquiry.)
