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INTERVIEW: Former ASIO boss speaks to SBS about his review of Australia's offshore detention program

Former Defence Secretary Dennis Richardson speaks to the media during a doorstop interview at Parliament House in Canberra.

Millions of taxpayer dollars have been paid to companies suspected of bribery and money laundering to run Australia's offshore detention program. Source: AAP / LUKAS COCH/AAP

Millions of taxpayer dollars have been paid to companies suspected of bribery and money laundering to run Australia's offshore detention program. The damning review by former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson found the Department of Home Affairs failed to use the intelligence available to it to adequately scrutinise businesses receiving government contracts.


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Millions of taxpayer dollars have been paid to companies suspected of bribery and money laundering to run Australia's offshore detention program. The damning review by former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson found the Department of Home Affairs failed to use the intelligence available to it to adequately scrutinise businesses receiving government contracts.


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