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National anti-corruption commissioner promises to be 'fearless but fair', revealing 44 complaints already received

www.abc.net.au National anti-corruption commissioner promises to be 'fearless but fair', revealing 44 complaints already received

The National Anti-Corruption Commission commences with a full workload, as people waste no time making referrals, and the commissioner Paul Brereton makes a promise to take every complaint seriously.

Key points (from ABC article): -Forty-four complaints have been made to the National Anti-Corruption Commission since it opened its doors on Saturday -Commissioner Paul Brereton says he may hold public hearings, but will also call out people who seek to weaponise the NACC -The NACC will aim to complete 90 per cent of its inquiries within a year

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https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Commission_(Australia)
It will not be able to make a finding of criminality.[30] The NACC will have the power to investigate pork barrelling.[31][23] It will not have the power to sack parliamentarians.[32]
So another toothless tiger, newly born, pending it can bite.
- If it could do either of those, it would be in charge of government defacto as any offending politicians can just be investigated and sacced with no limits.
  
  IF found guilty of corruption. So it can find them guilty and the government of the day can just ignore it to maintain a majority.

It remains to be seen what consequences this body will actually be able to dish out. If nothing, then it will stand as yet another powerless enforcement agency
- Or, more likely, sternly enforced upon all but the rich.

It's Brereton, have hope.

Is “fair” code for doing nothing?

I hope this goes after those on charge of the NBN fiasco. Buying back useless copper networks and setting us further behind to help Murdoch's pay TV network.
- I wish, I'm not sure how far into the past it will be able to use its retroactive powers though. The NBN debacle was at least 10 years ago now

Time will tell

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