Bill
National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-12-12. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-11-22
- second reading — 2022-11-23
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- committee — 2022-11-24
- third reading — 2022-11-24
- introduced — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-29
- committee — 2022-11-29
- third reading — 2022-11-29
- passed — 2022-11-29
- royal assent — 2022-12-12
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-09-28.
This bill is part of a package that would set up a new federal anti-corruption body called the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
The new agency would look into and report on serious or widespread corruption across the Commonwealth public sector, refer evidence of criminal corruption for prosecution, and run education and prevention programs.
The Commissioner would be appointed for a single term lasting up to five years, while Deputy Commissioners could serve up to two terms of five years each.
- Creates the National Anti-Corruption Commission as an independent agency.
- Gives the Commissioner broad powers to investigate corruption issues and hold public inquiries.
- Requires agency heads and certain officials to refer serious or systemic corruption allegations to the NACC.
- Provides protections for whistleblowers who report corruption issues to the NACC.
Commonwealth ministers, parliamentarians, agency heads and employees, government contractors, Australian Defence Force members, statutory office holders, and people providing services on behalf of the Commonwealth.
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