When the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) made its debut post on Twitter, it asked for only one thing from the platform’s users.
“This is the official NACC Twitter account. Please do not make reports of corruption here,” @NACCgovau tweeted on July 1.
Naturally, people took absolutely no notice of its request and started immediately using the microblogging service to urge the corruption watchdog to start investigating various issues and grievances.
“The corrupt $3 million payment to Brittany Higgins by the Labor government ought to be at the top of the list,” one user replied to NACC’s tweet. Another user tweeted that Stuart Robert, Angus Taylor, Bridget McKenzie, Scott Morrison, Josh Frydenberg and Linda Reynolds should all also be investigated over what they knew about the handling of Higgins’ claim. (Just so we’re crystal clear, Crikey is absolutely not alleging that any of the individuals or organisations named in this article are corrupt or have been credibly accused of being so.)
Other Twitter users called on NACC to investigate various police forces, Legal Aid, the judicial system, politicians and, somehow, NACC itself.
Some people even made complaints of corruption to @NACC_NRM, the Twitter account for a WA-based regional agricultural community management organisation and not the corruption commission. “List those that need referring to @NACC_NRM besides @AngusTaylorMP & @Barnaby_Joyce,” one person tweeted.
NACC (the anti-corruption body, not the agricultural organisation) began accepting reports of suspected corrupt conduct on July 1. By the close of business on July 4, the commission had received 186 reports via its website, 116 calls and zero made via Twitter.
