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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tom McIlroy

Labor promised to do something serious about corruption. Now they’ve got a second chance

Paul Brereton in 2025
Paul Brereton in 2025. The National Anti-Corruption Commission head faced a terse hearing before budget estimates on Friday. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Things were off to a bad start even before Paul Brereton sat down at the witness table. A judge of the NSW court of appeal, a war crimes investigator and the inaugural boss of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nacc), Brereton is usually the one requiring witnesses to answer questions.

But on Tuesday night, he was forced to front up to budget estimates hearings for the first and only time as the boss of the Nacc.

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