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Dear Mr Hamiltonshire

 

Freedom of Information Request no. 26/13

 

I refer to your request for access to documents relating to a transcript
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. I have taken your request to be
for:

 

o A transcript of Commissioner Brereton’s conversation as part of the
Australian Financial Review’s Government Services Summit on 29 July
2025.

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Hamiltonshire <[FOI #13473 email]>
Sent: Friday, 8 August 2025 1:28 PM
To: NACC - Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Commissioner Brereton In
conversation at the Government Services Summit

 

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Dear National Anti-Corruption Commission,

 

 

 

This is a Freedom of Information Request under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982.

 

 

 

In the Monthly update for August 2025
([11]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...),
the Commission website states the following:

 

 

 

"On Tuesday 29 July, Commissioner Brereton participated in the Australian
Financial Review’s Government Services Summit, where public sector leaders
gathered to discuss contemporary priorities and challenges for the
delivery of government services.

 

 

 

In answer to a question from moderator Ron Mizen, Commissioner Brereton
explained to the audience that investigating corruption takes time – due
to the secrecy in which corrupt conduct takes place, and the need to use a
range of covert techniques.

 

 

 

Commissioner Brereton also referred to the corruption risks and
vulnerabilities that arise at the public/private interface – where
government retains consultants and contractors to provide or deliver
services. These risks include the misuse of government information for
commercial advantage. He emphasised that consultants and contractors
engaged in assisting a Commonwealth agency are within the Commission’s
jurisdiction.

 

 

 

Asked about public hearings, he explained that the law imposed a high bar
of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ for holding a public hearing, and to date
there has not been a private hearing that he felt would have been better
conducted publicly, bearing in mind that the purpose of a hearing is to
obtain evidence for an investigation.

 

 

 

Our participation in public engagements like these is part of our work to
prevent corruption by providing education and information about corrupt
conduct and building public and stakeholder awareness and understanding
about corruption risks"

 

 

 

I seek access to the transcript of this Conversation held by Commissioner
Brereton, in his position as Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption
Commission.

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

Glenn Hamiltonshire

 

 

 

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