Integrity Questions Cast Shadow Over National Anti-Corruption Commission

A testy exchange with a Parliamentary committee and the resignation of a senior officer cast more doubt on the body that refused to look at Robodebt.

A copy of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme is seen at Parliament House in Canberra, July 7, 2023. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

If the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) thought a terse exchange with several Senators at a joint Parliamentary Committee hearing on Nov. 22 was to end the litany of bad publicity that has dogged the organisation since its inception, it was wrong.

This weekend, it was revealed that a former senior officer had resigned after becoming “alarmed” over integrity issues.