Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Senator Cash. Six days ago the Department of Home Affairs announced it was terminating its contract with Paladin Holdings, a company providing garrison, security and site-management services on Manus Island. The department says it is satisfied with the standard of services outsourced to Paladin on the basis of reports provided by Paladin, because only two visits were made by officers of the department to Manus in an 18-month period. Minister, $20 million a month is not chickenfeed. Did the department stop officers from visiting Manus? If not, what were the reasons officers from the department did not visit Manus on a monthly basis, as thought necessary by Ernst & Young?