How Home Affairs became a scandal factory

Barely a week goes by when the Department of Home Affairs isn’t under the blowtorch of media or political scrutiny. In one way, the level of scrutiny is to be expected. When a department is so huge it takes in security, intelligence, immigration and policing functions, with some 14,000 staff under the one secretary – it’s inevitable. The question is, should one department have so much power? Today, chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Barlow on the inner workings of the super department. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper , Karen Barlow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.