Robert McClelland, a former Labor attorney general and federal judge, has been appointed to lead Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission, succeeding Paul Brereton who resigned in May.
McClelland served as attorney general under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd from 2007 to 2011. He left parliament in 2013 and was appointed to the federal circuit and family court of Australia in 2015 by the then-Coalition government. Since 2018, he has held the position of deputy chief justice of that court.
The appointment fills a vacancy at the anti-corruption watchdog created by Brereton's departure earlier this year. McClelland's background in law and government, combined with his judicial experience, positions him to oversee the commission's operations during a period when corruption investigations and institutional integrity remain under public scrutiny in Australian politics.