Advisory report on the provisions of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022

November 2022

© Commonwealth of Australia 2022
ISBN: 978-1-76092-440-9

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Abbreviations and key terms

List of Recommendations

1. The Report

  The inquiry
  Provisions
  Overview – National Anti-Corruption Commission
  The Committee’s views
  Jurisdiction
  Independence
  Comprehensive powers
  Accountability and reporting
  Protections
  Oversight
  Other matters
  Recommendations

A. Summary of evidence

  Attorney-General’s Department
  Commonwealth agencies
  Past and present commissioners of state and territory-based anti-corruption bodies
  Past and present inspectors of state and territory-based anti-corruption bodies
  Law societies
  Legal academics
  National security experts
  Think tanks
  Parliamentarians
  Journalists and media organisations
  Unions
  Civil liberties groups
  Other stakeholders

B. Extracts from the bills

  National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022
  3 – Objects of this Act
  8 – Meaning of corrupt conduct
  9 – Meaning of corruption issue
  17 – Functions of the Commissioner
  29 – What constitutes taking a reprisal
  30 – Offences – taking a reprisal or threatening to take a reprisal
  31 – Protection for journalists’ informants
  40 – Commissioner may deal with corruption issues
  41 – How Commissioner deals with corruption issues
  58 – Notices to produce
  63 – Commissioner may summons persons
  73 – Private and public hearings
  74 – Evidence that must be given in private
  98 – Offence – failure to comply with non-disclosure notations
  124 – Subsections 3E(1) and (2) – when search warrants can be issued
  184 – Functions of the inspector
  198 – annual report
  271 – Annual report
  National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022
  Schedule 1, Part 2, Items 2 – At the end of schedule 1 [Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977]
  Schedule 1, Part 2, Item 250 – Paragraph 110A(1)(c) [Telecommunications Act 1997]

C. Submissions

D. Public hearings

Committee Secretariat contact:

PO Box 6021
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: 02 6277 2337
NACC@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

The Committee was established on 28 September 2022 to inquire into and report on the provisions of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022.



Past Public Hearings

21 Oct 2022: Canberra
20 Oct 2022: Canberra
19 Oct 2022: Canberra

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