The government will launch a review in to Home Affairs' procurement practices amid allegations surrounding the department's suspicious contracts in Nauru.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has announced a review into her Department after recent revelations about the awarding of government contracts highlighted"serious issues."
The contracts, which totalled into the millions, were awarded despite an alleged warning from Australian Federal Police to then-Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton that the man in question was being investigated. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Martin Ollman, telling reporters he did not have"any record" of a meeting with the AFP.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has announced a review into her Department after recent revelations about the awarding of government contracts highlighted"serious issues." Picture: NCA NewsWire/Martin Ollman "The review will consider governance practices and these allegations in the wider context of serious issues that have emerged over many years.
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