National Anti-Corruption Commission needs self examination

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You know the lunatics are in charge of the asylum when Australia’s own National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is embroiled in corruption issues.

When the Royal Commission on the Robodebt Scheme delivered its report, the commissioner in charge made great efforts to refer six individuals to the NACC for investigation.

Many people were outraged, particularly the scheme’s victims, when the NACC announced that it would not act on the recommendations. The NACC concluded that further research was unlikely to produce significant new evidence.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.