At the 2022 election "integrity" was a big-deal issue. Then after winning government, Labor ticked off a promise when it set up the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which began officially in July 2023.
By now the NACC should be a well-functioning, well-respected body, kicking goals, enjoying public trust.
But, in an extraordinary irony, the NACC has become best known for "own goals", rocked by internal scandals and attracting a litany of complaints. This week things reached the point where its commissioner, Paul Brereton, announced his resignation - two years short of serving his five-year term - declaring he had become "a distraction".
