Brereton Says Personal Scrutiny Impacting Anti-Corruption Body’s Work

‘We now have a commission in which staff are terrified of making any mistake of fact or law,’ Paul Brereton told the Committee.
Brereton Says Personal Scrutiny Impacting Anti-Corruption Body’s Work
Former National Anti-Corruption Commission chief Paul Brereton speaks during an inquiry at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Dec. 11, 2025. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
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The personal scrutiny faced by the head of the National Anti Corruption Commission (NACC), Paul Brereton, became so intense that staff were “terrified” of making an error, a Senate Estimates hearing has been told.

Brereton, who announced his resignation earlier this week, appeared before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee along with the commission’s chief executive, Philip Reed, and deputy commissioners Nicole Rose, Ben Gauntlett and Kylie Kilgour.

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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.