Your guide to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has been established to address growing public distrust in the federal government and public institutions and will commence on 1 July 2023, under the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 (NACC Act). The NACC is an independent Commonwealth agency, headed by the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner, whose functions are to detect corrupt conduct and investigate and publicly report on corruption issues which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, could involve corrupt conduct that is serious or systemic, involving Commonwealth public officials. The terms ‘serious’ and ‘systemic’ are not defined in the NACC Act.  Whether corrupt conduct is ‘serious’ or ‘systemic’ will ultimately be a matter to be determined by the Commissioner.