NACC boss Paul Brereton hits back at his critics
In a rare public appearance, Brereton told The Australian Financial Review Government Services Summit on Tuesday that only 10 per cent of the 5400 referrals to the NACC since it started in July 2023 met the legal threshold for further review, and only 1 per cent suggested serious or systemic corruption.
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AU Financial Review
4 days ago
- AU Financial Review
NACC boss Paul Brereton hits back at his critics
National Anti-Corruption Commission boss Paul Brereton has hit back at his critics, saying there was a lot of misunderstanding about the watchdog's role and warning many investigations would take years, not months, to conclude. In a rare public appearance, Brereton told The Australian Financial Review Government Services Summit on Tuesday that only 10 per cent of the 5400 referrals to the NACC since it started in July 2023 met the legal threshold for further review, and only 1 per cent suggested serious or systemic corruption.
ABC News
5 days ago
- ABC News
Western Sydney Airport official who sought $200k kickback narrowly avoids jail time
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has claimed its first scalp with the sentencing of a corrupt Western Sydney Airport official who asked for a $200,000 kickback. Sajish Erasery pleaded guilty to soliciting a corrupt commission after he attempted to invite a bribe from a company vying for a $5 million contract to provide automated parking systems at the soon-to-be completed airport. The anti-corruption watchdog found the former executive procurement manager had initially proposed he could "get the deal over the line" if he received $250,000, which equated to 5 per cent of the contract's value. The NACC said in a statement Erasery later reduced this figure to $200,000 and suggested a scheme to repay the business by inflating invoices. The Australian Federal Police arrested the man in March 2024 after his former employer referred the matter to the commission. He has been sentenced to two years' jail, which will be served in the community and require him to complete 500 hours of community service. The airport is due to be complete in 2026. Erasery is the first person to be sentenced following an investigation initiated by the NACC. Since the watchdog's inception, there have been convictions in nine other cases which were inherited from the former Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity in July 2023. The latest of those cases involved Anne McCann, a former Department of Home Affairs immigration officer, who abused power in public office by approving a visa application for her brother-in-law. Both matters were prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.
Canberra Times
5 days ago
- Canberra Times
Former airport official sentenced over $200k contract bribe
It marks the first sentencing from a NACC-initiated investigation, in addition to the nine other convictions from matters that were commenced by the former Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and inherited by the NACC.
