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US firm fined for Australian immigration security failures. How much? Border force refuses to say

Gavan Reynolds cites ‘commercial-in-confidence nature of the contract’ in declining to answer Greens senator’s question in parliament

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Immigration detention security failures revealed; alarm over ‘prediction market’ bets; Spurs secure survival

Prison multinational ‘putting staff and detainees at risk’; fears of new wave of gambling harm

The Guardian - AU

The home affairs minister, the private prison contractor and the secret meeting

Exclusive: ICE-linked private prison operator blamed for catastrophic security failures in Australia’s immigration detention network

The Guardian - AU

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All Australian immigration detainees to be handcuffed while travelling, US company says after spate of escapes

Exclusive: Documents viewed by Guardian Australia reveal private prison contractor told staff ‘restraints must be used’ for all risk levels

The Guardian - AU

Kia Carnival escape one of 12 since US firm took control of Australian immigration detention, damning report finds

Staffing levels at centres ‘critical’ under Management and Training Corporation, prisons watchdog says

The Guardian - AU

Two staff stabbed after US contractor used Kia Carnival to transfer Australian immigration detainee: ‘You might as well hire an Uber’

Exclusive: Home affairs department intervened about the use of non-modified people movers after 500 detention centre staff flagged safety concerns

The Guardian - AU

New ICE lockup in Arizona will exceed intended capacity by more than 50%, docs show

Exclusive details: The 500-bed facility in Marana will be expected to house up to 775 people, according to federal procurement documents

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Workers accuse new company managing Australia’s immigration detention centres of running them ‘like a prison’

Exclusive: Critical incidents and workplace safety concerns have increased in the 10 months since MTC took over management of the centres, staff claim

The Guardian - AU

Despite allegations of ‘gross misconduct,’ a private company pivotal in Trump’s ICE crackdown has now landed a lucrative Australian contract

The pursuit of money at the cost of the vulnerable.

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‘We didn’t make it for a white audience’: how black theatre took centre stage in Australia

In the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country’s main stages – fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo

The Guardian - AU

Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown

Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US

The Guardian - AU

Inside MTC Rentals' Mission to Support and Safeguard Canada's Most Remote Workforces Through Efficient First Aid Vehicles

MTC's fleet of fully stocked 4x4 mobile treatment centers is built for precisely these environments, with industry specifications and options that allow customers to bring their own medical equipment or rely on MTC to provide and stock the interior.

International Business Times

An Arizona town is dreading plans to turn its prison into an ICE facility: ‘It’s morally objectionable’

In Marana, residents crowded into a town hall recently to learn the fate of a building that’s been closed for two years

The Guardian - US

New adaptation of Rebecca is visually haunting, but misses the core tensions of the original story

Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) latest offering is a striking adaptation of the 1938 gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

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Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person

The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

The Guardian - AU

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

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Hotel taken over to detain illegal Indonesian fishers

A city hotel has been turned into a detention centre to cope with a surge in the number of Indonesians caught illegally fishing in Australia's northern waters.

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Notorious prison returns to public ownership

A prison that has had its fair share of dangerous incidents in recent years is returning to public ownership under a state government private-to-public push.

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The Guardian - AU

Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’

Minns government says contract with prison operator MTC Australia will end in late 2026

The Guardian - AU

New immigration detention subcontractor accused of price-fixing on ADF contracts

Spotless Facility Services and Ventia Australia allegedly colluded while holding service contracts at more than 200 Australian defence force sites

The Guardian - AU

Labor to pay $2.3bn to controversial US prison operator subsidiary to run onshore detention

Exclusive: Secure Journeys, a local subsidiary of Management & Training Corporation, will begin operating the centres from early 2025

The Guardian - US

Incarcerated Californians can’t vote. A prison held an election anyway

Voters in a mock election at San Quentin revealed strong feelings about prison labor, wages and the presidential race

The Guardian - AU

Broadway hit Kimberly Akimbo and David Williamson classic on Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2025 program

MTC to stage Williamson’s 1971 debut The Removalists as a response to national domestic violence crisis, as well as comedies and Shakespeare

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Rebecca to feature in Melbourne Theatre Company line-up

An adaptation of Rebecca will feature in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2025 program, of which eight productions are premieres of Australian works.

The Guardian - AU

A Streetcar Named Desire review – Nikki Shiels is majestic but she’s no Blanche

Melbourne Theatre CompanyShiels often uses her extraordinary voice for comedic effect under direction that seems determined to wrest the classic away from poeticism to the almost ribald

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