Australia’s Department of Home Affairs oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians through a chain of suspect contracts.
can reveal that, on Nauru, a money trail that began in Home Affairs ended with multimillion-dollar payments to businesses controlled by powerful politicians and suspected kickbacks to the island’s political kingmaker, David Adeang.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said: “These allegations are extremely serious and ought to be investigated by the appropriate authorities. I encourage anyone with evidence of wrongdoing or corruption to share it.” The revelations pose a political challenge for the Albanese government, which has campaigned hard on integrity and has sought to position Australia as an honest broker in the face of China’s tactics of using financial inducements among Pacific Island leaders to win influence.
Getax has been charged with conspiracy to bribe a public official. Adeang has previously called bribery allegations “baseless” and said they have been “consistently disproven”. He has never been charged.
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