ABC warns national anti-corruption commission could investigate journalists’ work

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog also says exceptional circumstances' test for public hearings an unnecessary hurdle'

The ABC has warned it could face corruption complaints for its journalists' work under the national anti-corruption commission and has called for editorial work to be excluded from the commission's purview.

The ABC made the request in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry on the Nacc, saying that the definition of corruption - which includes the misuse of information or documents" - could capture confidential government information or documents being sent to an ABC journalist in the normal course of the journalist's work".