Reza Barati was a 23-year-old asylum seeker who was killed during an orchestrated attack on inmates at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRPC), Papua New Guinea , on 17 February 2014. An Iranian Kurd , he had arrived in Australia on 24 July 2013 – just five days after the PNG solution was announced – and was sent to Manus Island in August.
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42-435: A Salvation Army worker, both Papua-New Guinean , were arrested. Both men were charged with murder. Their trial at Manus Island court was due to start on 2 March 2015. Three more suspects were being sought, two of whom were Australian expatriate security guards who as of 11 February 2019 had still not been charged. On 19 March 2016, the two 29-year-old Papuan men, Louie Efi and Joshua Kaluvia, were convicted in
63-566: A review established by immigration minister Scott Morrison, Transfield Holdings sold its remaining shareholding in Transfield Services, marking the end of its involvement. In November 2015 Transfield Services was rebranded as Broadspectrum after Transfield Holdings gave 12 months notice of termination of the right to use the name Transfield and logo. Having made an unsuccessful takeover attempt in 2014, in May 2016 Ferrovial acquired
84-474: A severe brain injury caused by a brutal beating by several assailants and died a few hours later.” In December 2014, an Australian Senate inquiry into the three days of rioting at the centre found the Australian government had failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers and that the riots were caused by a failure to process asylum claims and was also foreseeable. In July 2014, a security guard and later
105-559: The Australian Securities Exchange as Transfield Services. Transfield Holdings had an initial 45% shareholding. In July 2004, Transfield Services acquired the New Zealand operations of Serco . In February 2005, Transfield Services purchased instrumentation, electrical and mechanical service group Broadspectrum. In June 2007, Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund (that later became RATCH-Australia )
126-587: The Australian government and security company G4S have settled a lawsuit brought against them by former Manus Island security officer Grant Potter. Potter claimed he was left with severe psychological injuries after riots at the Manus Island detention facility in 2014 resulted in one asylum seeker dead and 77 people injured. The documentary film Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time , shot from inside
147-535: The Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure in Adelaide ( Light-City Buses ). The appointment of Transfield Services to provide welfare services at the detention centres on Manus and Nauru was criticised by refugee advocacy groups on the grounds that the duty to shareholders conflicted with the interests of asylum seekers. In February 2014, this led to calls for an artist and audience boycott of
168-488: The PNG supreme court and each sentenced to 10 years jail for Reza Barati's murder. Kaluvia had hit Barati with a piece of timber spiked with nails and Efi had dropped a rock on his head. Five years of the sentences were suspended , and credit was given for time served. In sentencing, Justice Nicholas Kirriwom said they had received shorter prison terms because others not yet charged were also involved in killing Barati, and that
189-718: The 19th Biennale of Sydney, which Transfield Services supported through the Transfield Foundation, providing approximately six per cent of the Biennale's total funding. Following protests and widespread criticism on social media, Executive Director of Transfield Holdings Luca Belgiono-Nettis subsequently resigned from his position as Chairman of the Biennale Board, and the Biennale severed its 41-year sponsorship relationship with Transfield Holdings. This decision itself led to debate, with boycott organisers saying
210-692: The boycott was successful, while their opponents claimed it had jeopardised the future of corporations and businesses funding the arts in Australia. Reza Barati It was first reported that the cause of death was "severe head trauma", with the Cornall Review later concluding that the actual cause was cardiac arrest as a consequence of "severe brain injury", caused by being beaten by several assailants. Two Manusian men were convicted of murder in 2016, but others involved, said to be Australian expats , have never been brought to justice. Reza
231-1044: The business. In December 2019, Ferrovial agreed terms to sell the business to Ventia . The transaction was completed in June 2020 after being cleared by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission . Between 1999 and 2010, Transield Services held a 50% shareholding with Transdev in Transdev TSL that operated bus services in Sydney ( Shorelink ), ferry services in Brisbane ( TransdevTSL Brisbane Ferries ) and tram services in Melbourne ( Yarra Trams ). Transfield Services again partnered with Transdev to operate Harbour City Ferries from 2012 until 2016. From 2011 until 2018, Transfield Services also operated bus services in its own right under contract to
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#1732786663450252-487: The detention centre by fellow refugee Behrouz Boochani , contains a first-hand account of Barati's death. In an opinion piece written for The Guardian in February 2018, Behrouz Boochani writes an account of the riots and the unfairness of the events following, including the trial. Questions are still left unanswered four years later. He writes of how the main witness in the trial has been traumatised, and about Barati as
273-557: The government would assist with repatriation to Iran, as requested by his family. At least 15,000 people came out to attend 600 "snap protests " all over Australia following the news of his death. Over 4,000 Australians came together in Sydney Town Hall on 23 February 2014 to hold a candlelight vigil in memory of Barati. Robert Cornall , a lawyer and former Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department ,
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315-468: The prosecution's case relied on the evidence of one main witness. This witness had reported that a large group of people including New Zealand and Australian guards were involved in attacking Barati. Both accused pleaded not guilty and maintained their innocence throughout, claiming to have been set up. The apparent exemption from justice of expatriates working on Manus had long been alleged by Manusians, suggesting double standards of justice. In July 2020,
336-471: The running of the detention centre on Manus Island from G4S . A group of artists participating in the Sydney Biennale that year threatened a boycott of the festival (whose chairman was Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, managing director of Transfield Holdings) unless the festival ended a sponsorship deal with Transfield. Belgiorno-Nettis resigned his chairmanship of the Biennale. In September 2014, ahead of
357-507: The sell down of 80 percent of its share in the Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund to Ratchaburi Australia, a subsidiary of Thai company Ratchaburi Electricity General. In October 2012, Transfield Services was contracted to manage the Australian government's offshore immigration detention centre on Nauru . In March 2014, following the death of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati , it took over
378-821: Was an Australian and New Zealand company that provided infrastructure maintenance services. Formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange , and later owned by Ferrovial , it was then acquired by Ventia who integrated Broadspectrum alongside Visionstream . Broadspectrum operated across diverse industries, including property and facilities management, defence , transport (including road , rail and public transport ), utilities (including water , power , and telecommunications), and mining and chemical processing and hydrocarbons. Its clients included major national and international companies, as well as all levels of government. In May 2001, Transfield Holdings spun-off its maintenance contracting division along with power, transportation and water assets and listed it on
399-411: Was appointed in February 2014 to conduct 'a review into the circumstances surrounding the Manus Island disturbances' leading up to Reza Barati's death with the primary focus on management of security at the centre. The report was released in late May 2014. In the report, Cornall described Barati as “a very gentle man” who was not involved in the unrest. The report concluded that “Mr Barati suffered
420-573: Was born in a small town called Lomar in Ilam Province , part of the Kurdistan region of Iran , in 1990. He studied architecture at university and was determined to finish his studies when resettled. Due to his kind nature and large build, his friends would call him “the gentle giant”. Then Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said after the incident that Barati's body would be moved to Port Moresby , where an autopsy would be held before
441-520: Was spun-off, comprising seven former Transfield Services power station and water storage assets. In December 2010, well-servicing business Easternwell was purchased. Easternwell provides services to the mining, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. In July 2011 Transfield Services sold its North American based facilities management business USM to Emcor for US$ 255 million, and also announced
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