Senate inquiry on ‘corrupt’ Nauru deals, Finks bikie company MA Services Group links

Persistent allegations of corruption and the presence of bikies in the delivery of the federal government’s multibillion-dollar Nauru deportation plan will face scrutiny in a Senate inquiry.

On Wednesday this imprint revealed that MA Services Group was at the center of a secret offshore security deal funded by the Albanian government involving the Finks biker gang, allegedly corrupt Nauruan President David Adeang and a controversial operation to protect deportees sent by Australia to the tiny Pacific island (known as the NZYQ cohort).

The detention operation involves Australia paying Nauru up to $2.5 billion over 30 years; $40 million a year of this will be paid to Australian private security contractors on Nauru.

MA Services has faced numerous allegations for allegedly abusing and exploiting its migrant workforce and harassing female staff.

On Thursday Greens senator David Shoebridge successfully recommended an inquiry by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee to examine offshore processing and resettlement arrangements with Nauru since 2022.

The committee was tasked with examining the payments made to contractors, subcontractors and third parties, and the integrity of the system, with a report to be submitted by June.

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Shoebridge also used question time to attack the Labor Party in parliament for “indirectly funding criminal cycling game Finks through dodgy contractors such as MA Services”.

Pointing to the byline’s reporting, Shoebridge also questioned Labor about why MA Services had won multimillion-dollar security contracts to protect federal agencies and the country’s anti-corruption watchdog.

“Why hasn’t your government taken action to stop these contracts or is it now Labor policy to give Australian public money to biker gangs?” he said.