Australian Parliament Offices Raided by Anti-Corruption Officers

Published on October 4, 2024

Australia’s anti-corruption commission has confirmed that police officers assigned to work with the Commission conducted a raid at the Federal Parliament in Canberra on Oct. 4. However, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) declined to reveal the target or purpose of the operation, clarifying only that it did not involve “a current or former parliamentarian.” To conduct the raid, the NACC would have required the consent of Federal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, as the law requires the Commission to obtain a warrant to enter Parliament House and its surrounding precincts, including parliamentary offices. A spokesperson for the attorney general could not confirm whether a warrant had been issued....

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