Nick Feik

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Current Issue Newsletters Podcasts Login Subscribe 7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by Schwartz Media and The Saturday Paper. How to listen? Website Writer and former editor of The Monthly, Nick Feik, on his investigation into falsified death certificates and revelations of a broken health system.

Oct 23, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Nick Feik

This article is part three in a series. For the full series, go here. The Home Affairs contracts for Manus Island garrison and security services between 2017-19 were hugely profitable for the Paladin Group. It was making over a million dollars in profit per week.

Oct 22, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Nick Feik

This article is part two in a series. For part one, go here. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) last week released a report into “a former Home Affairs employee’s familial links to a contracted service provider”, Paladin. As detailed in part one of this investigation, despite the many questions the palaver raises, the NACC found no evidence of corruption.

Oct 22, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Nick Feik

Join us on socialNewsletters Scroll to top The NACC’s corrosive secrecy The only thing the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s report into Paladin has revealed is how damaging the watchdog’s lack of transparency is. The NACC needs to act, fast, or risk destroying its reputation permanently.

Oct 21, 2024 | crikey.com.au | Nick Feik

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), founded in July 2023, has not had an auspicious beginning. Legislated by the Albanese government in 2022, the NACC’s investigations have been mired in secrecy ever since. Communications have been sparse, and against the advice of most transparency experts and advocates, Labor legislated a NACC (with Coalition support) that wouldn’t hold public hearings unless in exceptional circumstances.