Key to the referral – announced by committee chairman and Labor MP Julian Hill on Wednesday – is compulsory questioning and document gathering powers held by the NACC, but not parliamentary committees.
Mr Hill used an interim report to say his inquiry lacked some powers and resources, including forensic accounting expertise. Labor MPs control the committee, which also has Liberal and Greens members.
“A referral to the National Anti-Corruption Commission by a parliamentary committee should never be made lightly and certainly is not done so here,” Mr Hill said.
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