Anti-corruption commissioner’s objectivity in question | ABC NEWS
Paul Brereton, head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), has stepped back from defence investigations due to perceived conflicts of interest.
A Senate inquiry found that he was granted special permission to stay in the reserves past retirement age to assist with the Afghanistan war crimes investigation.
Geoffrey Watson SC, director of the Centre for Public Integrity, said the optics undermine the NACC’s objectivity.
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