{"id":57063,"date":"2023-07-29T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/29\/home-affairs-may-have-misled-senate-over-nauru-contracts-linked-to-man-convicted-over-bribery"},"modified":"2023-07-29T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T00:00:24","slug":"home-affairs-may-have-misled-senate-over-nauru-contracts-linked-to-man-convicted-over-bribery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=57063","title":{"rendered":"Home affairs may have misled Senate over Nauru contracts linked to man convicted over bribery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Department claimed accommodation contracts with companies linked to Mozammil Gulamabbas Bhojani could not be cancelled \u2013 despite containing termination clauses<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2023\/jul\/29\/australia-news-live-adf-helicopter-crash-ausmin-defence-meeting-in-brisbane-housing-crisis-day-of-action\">Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The department of home affairs appears to have misled the Senate over controversial contracts it signed with a company linked to a man under investigation for foreign bribery.<\/p>\n<p>In a written response this month, the department told the Senate it had no power to cancel Nauru accommodation contracts with Radiance International Inc \u2013 linked to Mozammil (Mozu) Gulamabbas Bhojani, ultimately convicted of bribing politicians on the Pacific island state \u2013 but the department\u2019s contracts explicitly allowed it to tear up the contracts for any reason.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=copyembed\">email newsletters for 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