The failure by senior federal public servants to check the background of companies contracted to run Australia’s asylum seeker offshore program has ramifications far beyond our borders.
Companies linked to suspected arms and drug smuggling, busting sanctions on Iran, corruption and bribery won billions of dollars worth of government contracts amid systemic failures to adequately vet who was being paid to run the nation’s multi-billion dollar asylum seeker offshore processing regime.
Paladin fails in bid to halt $50m lawsuit The former operator of the Manus Island detention centre has failed in an attempt to stop a former director’s legal case.
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Subscriber only The company that formerly managed the Manus Island detention centre under a controversial $423m federal government contract has failed in an attempt to have a $50m court case against it thrown out. Paladin Group s former director, Adelaide-based Ian Stewart, is suing the group, arguing that it owes him about $US780,108 for unpaid salary and end-of-year bonuses, and $US33.59m for his share of the profits from the company - a total of $49.5m at the current exchange rate.