Anti-corruption officers raid Australia’s Parliament House

CANBERRA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — Officers from Australia’s anti-corruption agency have conducted a raid on Parliament House.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Thursday night confirmed that its officers entered Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the commission did not specify the subject of the raid but did say it was not a politician.
“The commission can confirm it carried out operational activity yesterday at Parliament House. This was in relation to an ongoing investigation,” the spokesman said.
“The commission can confirm that the investigation does not relate to a current or former parliamentarian.”
The NACC was established in July 2023 to investigate serious or systemic corruption in the public sector.
It has broad powers to commence inquiries on its own initiative or in response to referrals from any person and to conduct investigations, including the powers to enter any place occupied by a federal government agency and to inspect, seize or copy documents it deems relevant to an investigation.
In the most recent weekly update on its work published on Wednesday, the NACC said it was conducting 32 preliminary investigations and 29 corruption investigations, including seven jointly with other agencies.
It said it had six matters before court and had received 597 referrals since July 1 — 498 of which had been excluded. ■