NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton launders money and evidence of premeditated fraud at the NACC

Paul Brereton, who is the Commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), awarded a $51,000 tender to the 11th floor of building, which once again has fraud written all over it.

What’s next? Will a phone box or a fire hydrant win a NACC tender? As long as they have an ABN it seems possible.

In this article I will also revisit the article I published on the 16th of October 2025 titled “NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton’s fraudulent $100,000 jobs for the boys and girls scam exposed” and shine a light on a 2 key points I missed that shows premeditated fraud by the NACC in awarding a $67,000 NACC contract to Paul Brereton’s mate barrister Matthew Vesper.

Eleven Wentworth Chambers wins a $51,000 NACC tender

A barrister has won a $51,000 tender to do “consultancy” work but we don’t know who the barrister is because the financial payment of the tender is being laundered via the Chambers the barrister who seems to work from Eleven Wentworth Chambers which is one floor of a building

The reason I know this is because the tender is published on the federal government’s “AusTender” website which is designed to help transparency of government spending. But Eleven Wentworth Chambers winning a tender to conceal the real tender winner flies in the face of government transparency.

Given the NACC has been exposed regularly doing favours for Commissioner Paul Brereton’s army mates and barrister mates such as Matthew Vesper, Christine Ernst and Gary Hevey RFD SC it makes you wonder if the tender winner has had their names concealed to cover-up their relationship with Paul Brereton.

It must be noted that Christine Ernst, who I have previously reported on for another NACC tender win, works from Eleven Wentworth Chambers. 

The Wentworth Chambers NACC tender is below: (Click here to see on the AusTender website)

As per above, the tender is for “legal services” and runs from the 1st of April 2025 until the 31st of December 2025. It is for $51,000 with an amendment value of $22,300. There was only one supplier invited which always raises the question why no one else was allowed to tender for the work.

The tender says “Confidentiality Reason(s) – Privacy Act 1988” which means nothing without more detail.

It says “Consultancy – Yes” which to me says there is no reason why the name of the barrister can’t be made public like all the other barristers names are made public when they win government tenders. That is how I know the names of Matthew Vesper, Christine Ernst and Gary Hevey RFD SC.

Premeditated fraud by the NACC in awarding $67,000 to barrister Matthew Vesper

I published the below video on the 15th of October 2025 about NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton giving his mate Matthew Vesper a $67,000 contract at the NACC via a tender and also published an article on the 16th of October 2025 covering the matter. 

There were 2 keys issues I did not address in detail in the above video or associated article which I will now.

Firstly, the Matthew Vesper tender document says, “Suppliers invited: 2” which is a lie. (Click here to see the tender document)

In the above video at the 1.25-minute mark Senator David Shoebridge asks NACC CEO Philip Reed about the Matthew Vesper tender and said as part of his question “there was only one other contractor considered?”. The reason Senator Shoebridge would have said that is because the tender document said there were 2 suppliers invited.

NACC CEO Philip Reed ducks and weaves with his answer and NACC General Manager Legal Rebekah O’Meagher takes over the questioning at the 3.30-minute mark.

Rebekah O’Meagher confirms NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton supplied the name of Matthew Vesper, who is Brereton’s friend, as a candidate for the role outlined in the tender.

At the 4.45-minute mark Senator Shoebridge askes “the list you provided to the CEO (for his approval) had Matthew Vesper’s name on it and one other?”

At the 5.20-minute mark Rebekah O’Meagher admits only one name went to the CEO to be considered for the role. 

At the 7.00-minute mark Rebekah O’Meagher confirms NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton concealed his true relationship with Matthew Vesper.

At the 8.10-minute mark Senator Shoebridge points out that the NACC only picked one potential candidate for the role, which neither NACC CEO Philip Reed nor General Manager Legal Rebekah O’Meagher disputed, which is confirmation the published tender document saying “Suppliers invited: 2” is a lie.

And the reason for the lie is obvious. As I have previously written: “NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton and Matthew Vesper worked together for 4 years from 2016 to 2020 at The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force investigating alleged criminal conduct by Australian Special forces in Afghanistan. Paul Brereton headed up the inquiry and Matthew Vesper was “Lead counsel assisting Justice Paul Brereton” based on his resume.” (Click here to read more)

There would be people in the government and legal fraternity who would know about the working relationship and friendship between Paul Brereton and Matthew Vesper. And if any one of them came across the tender document and saw that Matthew Vesper won the tender, and he was the only one invited to tender, then alarm bells would have started ringing, and staff at the NACC knew this.

Solution? Lie and put on the tender document that 2 suppliers were invited to tender. Of course the problem is that the lie has been exposed and it is premeditated fraud by the NACC for the financial benefit of Paul Brereton’s mate Matthew Vesper.

And secondly, at the 9.30-minute mark of the video Rebekah O’Meagher says other names were put forward by Commissioner Paul Brereton as potential candidates, but Rebekah O’Meagher fails to name any of the other potential candidates and fails to say why they weren’t invited to tender. 

At the 9.45-minute mark of the video Rebekah O’Meagher says Commissioner Paul Brereton was “surprised” when he was told that Matthew Vesper had won the tender. That was a blatant lie and Senator Shoebridge calls out the lie at the 10.05-minute mark.

At the 10.25-minute mark Rebekah O’Meagher sticks with her blatant lie.

Closing arguments

NACC General Manager Legal Rebekah O’Meagher needs to produce the other names that were put forward by Commissioner Paul Brereton as potential candidates and also explain why they were not invited to tender. If Rebekah O’Meagher can’t do that she needs to resign.

The NACC also needs to explain why the published tender document says “Suppliers invited: 2” when only one was invited.

Whoever says the NACC hasn’t exposed any real corruption is lying. The NACC has exposed plenty of corruption, and it’s all inhouse corruption at the NACC.

I’ll keep following up.

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