Behind the bafflingly slow start for Labor's 'federal ICAC'
On paper, the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is one of the Albanese government's biggest achievements. In practice, it has seriously underwhelmed.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission is, on paper, one of the signature achievements of the Albanese Government. Which makes its failure to launch any high-profile investigations, all the more shocking.
On July 1, the NACC will mark its second birthday. Even with the difficulties for any start-up, to describe its performance as underwhelming would be kind.
The NACC pleads that it has been completing the work that had been passed on to it by other bodies, such as the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity. But it is yet to make a report to parliament for any matter it has instigated.
It has also failed to make any finding or announcement about politicians that have been the subject of very public referrals - eg Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus over the compensation paid to Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins for an alleged sexual assault in Parliament House.
