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Canberra faces backlash for handing immigration-detention contracts to US private-prison giant

Release Date
2026-01-29
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Summary
Australia’s Albanese Government is facing criticism after reports revealed it awarded more than A$3 billion in immigration-detention contracts to MTC Australia, the local arm of a U.S. private-prison company. The firm operates Australia’s remaining offshore detention centre on Nauru and most on-shore facilities, despite facing serious human-rights allegations in the United States, including overcrowding, medical neglect and detainee deaths.

The government says MTC met all probity and performance requirements and cites an independent review finding broad compliance with legal and human-rights standards. Critics argue that outsourcing does not remove the government’s responsibility for detainee welfare and question the lack of full competitive tendering. The controversy comes as Australia tightens border controls following a court ruling limiting indefinite detention, raising concerns about reputational, ESG and duty-of-care risks in the country’s immigration system.
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