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Secret emails reveal how Transfield got Nauru contract
Why did Transfield get the contract to run the offshore detention center on Nauru when it had not even sent in an official proposal?
Emails obtained by Crikey show Immigration was so keen for Transfield to be given the contract to manage the Nauru offshore immigration detention centre back in 2012 that the department handed Transfield the proposal it had sent to rival company Serco.
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