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Immigration
No more quick fixes: Real solutions needed after immigration problems laid bare
Sustained investigative reporting has uncovered wide-reaching problems in our immigration system. The government response will be closely watched.
- The Age's View
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‘Millions on planes’: Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses, says Nixon
Former top cop Christine Nixon reveals that, as rorters and criminals flooded the visa system, the authorities went missing.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Wielding power from the shadows
As the fallout continues over the conduct of Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo, the Albanese government will be grappling with how to re-establish institutional checks on power.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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Home Affairs chief’s links to big tobacco, PwC revealed
Michael Pezzullo gave British American Tobacco access to a top official after a lobbyist friend’s request, and spoke to a consulting boss about privatising the nation’s COVID quarantine system.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
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It was one of Morrison’s most contentious foreign policy moves. Michael Pezzullo wanted to help
The Home Affairs secretary told a Liberal powerbroker he would back the then prime minister’s plan to move the embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
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Press freedom
Mike Pezzullo and the secret D Notice: A short history
The powerful public servant suggested in 2019 a return to the D Notice to suppress press freedom. But what is a D Notice?
- by Tony Wright
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‘Honoured to serve’: Home Affairs chief’s years-long push to become public service head revealed
A barrage of messages Michael Pezzullo sent to a Liberal powerbroker reveals his drive to oust leading public servants and become Australia’s most senior bureaucrat.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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The piece of his own advice that Michael Pezzullo chose to ignore
The Home Affairs boss had clear instructions for public servants pushing personal agendas. He has not followed that advice, so the government must act quickly.
- The Age's View
Inquiry to examine key decisions by Pezzullo after secret texts with powerbroker revealed
The Home Affairs boss has stood aside while investigators look into whether he flouted the public service code of conduct or shared inside information improperly.
- by David Crowe and Matthew Knott
Investigation
Michael Pezzullo
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The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes reveal how Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo used WhatsApp messages to try to reshape governments.
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No minister, Labor or Liberal, will ever be able to trust Pezzullo again
Mike Pezzullo’s candid exchanges with Scott Briggs cannot be dismissed as a kind of political locker-room talk that means nothing.
- by George Brandis