The NACC'ered Corruption Commission

March 19, 2026

An excellent summary by Jack of the lack of the skepticism and doubt that should be a hallmark of a body designed to root out corruption in this report. It reflects back on the motives of the politicians on both sides of the Parliament. The idea was to create an anti-corruption body designed to create the impression in the public mind that something important was being done to counter the corruption at both political and bureaucratic levels. These problems had become so obvious to the public during the Abbott and Morrison periods of government that public outrage needed to be seen to be addressed. But the overwhelming need for both sides of politics was to avoid the public spectacle of the responsible politicians being exposed and made accountable. That job was fulfilled perfectly.

The body that resulted gave the public impression of action whilst constraining the body by rules that ensured as far as humanly possible that no politician could really be held accountable.

Jack has cleverly revealed in his analysis the failure of the body in the largest case of political and bureaucratic malfeasance that those responsible will never be held accountable!!!