Kristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs. The Department of Home Affairs invited Paladin, a company registered to a beach shack on Kangaroo Island, to be the sole tenderer for garrison and security services at Manus Island. The $532 million Paladin contract is the second largest in the Department of Home Affairs. A senior Home Affairs official recently told Senate estimates in February that the department was 'quite happy' with the services provided by Paladin. Does the minister agree that the government is 'quite happy' with the services provided by Paladin?