John QuigginThe announcememt of an inquiry into the NACC coincides with my call for abolition. Some fast facts (derived from NACC reports)
* Around 99 per cent of referrals are dismissed without proceeding to an inquiry
* Around 0.1 per cent of referrals lead to a court case
11 convictions so far, including cases inherited from predecessors. Half are individual bribery cases (biggest $200k), tmost others unauthorised access to records. Two prison sentences, plus community correction orders
https://www.nacc.gov.au/convictions
Average cost to the public, $15 million per conviction
Most senior official convicted: a police Superintendent for credit card rorts. fine and suspended sentence
Trish Roberts@johnquiggin Abolition has my vote, John