Corruption commissioner Paul Brereton removed himself from robodebt referrals due to ‘relationship’, documents show
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6PTVR)
FoI documents show head of Nacc delegated decision not to pursue investigations into six individuals to a deputy commissioner
The National Anti-Corruption commissioner, Paul Brereton, removed himself from the process that decided whether the watchdog should pursue individuals referred by the robodebt royal commission due to a relationship" and close association" with a person he anticipated would be referred.
Documents released under freedom of information provide the first clues as to the nature of the conflict, which was disclosed but not explained when the Nacc opted not to pursue any of the people referred by the royal commission for potential investigation.
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