Nacc to reconsider whether to investigate robodebt after ‘apprehended bias’ finding against commissioner

National anti-corruption commissioner Paul Brereton has accepted that it was a ‘mistake’ to absent himself from the meeting only at the point a decision was made on robodebt. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The National Anti-Corruption Commission will reconsider its decision not to start a corruption investigation into robodebt, after a finding its initial refusal was “affected by apprehended bias”.

On Wednesday the Nacc inspector, Gail Furness, released a report finding that the Nacc commissioner, Paul Brereton, should have “removed himself from related decision-making processes and limited his exposure to the relevant factual information”.