Canstruct International, the Brisbane company and Liberal party donor running Australia’s offshore processing regime on Nauru, has won another uncontested contract extension – $180m over six months – bringing its total revenue from island contracts over the past five years to more than $1.5bn.
Rory Murphy, the chief executive of Canstruct, told the Guardian “We follow all commonwealth procurement guidelines and the suggestion that attendance at a function has any bearing on a contract with a government department is absurd. We note we have done similar with the Australian Labor party.”