McClelland’s appointment was announced by Ms Rowland<\/a> on October 19, following the resignation of corruption commissioner Paul Brereton.<\/p>\nThe former Labor attorney-general will take over the watchdog’s leadership from January 2027, serving a five-year term.<\/p>\n
Mr McClelland has been serving as Deputy Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.<\/p>\n
In a statement announcing the proposed appointments, Ms Rowland said both candidates had been selected through an open, merit-based process.<\/p>\n
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission approved both appointments, with candidates receiving unanimous support.<\/p>\n
\u201cI congratulate Deputy Chief Justice McClelland and Mr Savundra on their proposed appointments,\u201d Ms Rowland said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeputy Chief Justice McClelland and Mr Savundra\u2019s expertise will be an asset to the Commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have confidence in their ability to contribute to its important work to enhance integrity across the Commonwealth public sector.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nationals MP Kevin Hogan has described the appointment of former Labor MP Robert McClelland as head of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[387458,516142,516174,516136,516166,516159,516152,516160,516135,376769,516143,8932,16169,501021,516164,516134,516177,516132,382994,2324,90186,258750,64,8931,63,516155,516138,516148,14170,10807,22616,47045,516137,516139,516163,516173,7770,516133,516162,516144,516147,3786,400814,29253,516176,516131,516146,63492,136477,410018,496725,264285,1871,503579,516157,297851,394669,516178,516170,418581,150509,516145,155534,516165,44,428705,516154,59642,59906,516156,96177,516140,8825,378344,516168,387455,382205,161703,29023,516161,433719,516175,376708,516171,516130,516158,167550,387599,516153,516141,516169,516172,383419,516150,516151,449164,409663,516149,516167],"class_list":["post-948709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-s-appointment","tag-s-corruption-watchdog-pick","tag-s-expertise","tag-a-6-05m-federal-grant","tag-a-6m-grant","tag-a-decades-long-association","tag-a-five-year-term","tag-a-former-labor-mp","tag-a-respected-judicial-figure","tag-a-statement","tag-a-very-esteemed-guy","tag-albanese","tag-albanese-government","tag-an-asset","tag-an-esteemed-judiciary-person","tag-an-ex-labor-politician","tag-an-ex-politician","tag-an-honorary-membership","tag-an-open","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-appointment","tag-attorney-general-michelle-rowland","tag-au","tag-auspol","tag-australia","tag-better-roles","tag-both-appointments","tag-both-candidates","tag-calls","tag-candidates","tag-confidence","tag-consideration","tag-corruption-commissioner-paul-brereton","tag-corruption-watchdog-appointment","tag-deputy-chief-justice","tag-deputy-chief-justice-mcclelland","tag-fire","tag-former-labor-mp","tag-former-labor-mp-robert-mcclelland","tag-golf-club-grant","tag-golf-club-scandal","tag-government","tag-grayndler","tag-head","tag-his-local-golf-club","tag-his-register","tag-his-sydney-electorate","tag-integrity","tag-interests","tag-its-important-work","tag-january-2027","tag-kevin-hogan","tag-leadership","tag-marrickville-golf-club","tag-merit-based-process","tag-mr-albanese","tag-mr-hogan","tag-mr-mcclelland","tag-mr-savundra","tag-ms-rowland","tag-nacc","tag-nacc-referral","tag-national-anti-corruption-commission","tag-nationals-mp-kevin-hogan","tag-news","tag-news24-com-au","tag-october-19","tag-pm","tag-questions","tag-robert-mcclelland","tag-scrutiny","tag-snapp-politics-generic-mr-mcclelland","tag-sunday","tag-the-albanese-government","tag-the-anti-corruption-commission","tag-the-appointment","tag-the-club","tag-the-coalition","tag-the-commission","tag-the-commonwealth-public-sector","tag-the-controversy","tag-the-corruption-watchdog","tag-the-criticism","tag-the-federal-circuit-and-family-court","tag-the-former-labor-attorney-general","tag-the-golf-club-funding","tag-the-head","tag-the-judiciary","tag-the-nacc","tag-the-national-anti-corruption-commission","tag-the-national-anti-corruption-commissioner","tag-the-parliamentary-joint-committee","tag-the-possibility","tag-the-proposed-appointments","tag-the-resignation","tag-the-watchdog","tag-their-ability","tag-their-proposed-appointments","tag-unanimous-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}