National Security Tsar Defends Surveillance Planes

National Security Tsar Defends Surveillance Planes
Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo speaks during a Senate inquiry at Parliament House in Canberra on September 24, 2020. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
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Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo has rejected he oversaw “endemic underperformance” over the handling of a contract for keeping a watch on the nation’s borders.

Pezzullo told the parliament’s public accounts and audit committee on Friday he faced a “devil’s choice” between losing the capability to protect the nation’s borders or extending existing contracts.

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