Michael Pezzullo
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- Investigations
‘Can’t be trusted’: Reckless, improper conduct should rule former top official out for life
He once headed a mega-department but his secret dealings with a lobbyist and Liberal Party powerbroker breached many rules, an inquiry has found.
- Nick McKenzie
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Give Trump ‘a new Pine Gap’, say experts claiming AUKUS go-slow
Senior Australian government sources say the snap AUKUS review might be designed to gain leverage as Americans push Australia to spend more on defence.
- Paul Sakkal
Religion and good morals don’t always go together
Columnist Ross Gittins makes the mistake of assuming that organised religion leads to altruism and belief in the common good, writes Mark d’Arbon.
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- Australia votes
Dutton says sacked Home Affairs boss Pezzullo ‘should have a role to play’ in nation’s future
The former Home Affairs Department secretary says he would be prepared to “again serve my country” if the government asked.
- Deborah Snow and Paul Sakkal
- Opinion
- National security
Neither Dutton nor Pezzullo convinced me to set up Home Affairs
I must correct my former colleague. I was persuaded to set up the Department of Home Affairs, in the end, by my own team.
- Malcolm Turnbull
- Opinion
- Letters
Explicit excellence shows value of traditional ways
Explicit teaching is now being recognised, as it should always have, as the most effective learning method for the vast majority of students.
- Opinion
- China relations
He’s warned us before on the China threat. Can we afford to ignore him again?
Mike Pezzullo was disgraced as a public servant. But his qualifications as a defence strategist remain intact.
- Peter Hartcher
Seven’s deadly sins: Network’s troubles pile up after Lehrmann ruling
Multiple defamation threats, a legal costs loss and a humiliating blunder. There’s plenty for the Seven West Media board to discuss when it meets today.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Stephanie Foster replaces Mike Pezzullo as new Home Affairs boss
The Albanese government has moved rapidly to replace Mike Pezzullo with a new Home Affairs boss.
- James Massola
Pezzullo’s fallen empire nothing to be missed
While the hawkish Pezzullo can take much credit for running Operation Sovereign Borders and other hardline border security operations, the Home Affairs empire he built and oversaw never worked as intended and has failed at critical junctures.
- Nick McKenzie