National Anti-Corruption Commissioner

Commissioner Brereton was educated at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws and serving two terms as President of the Students Representative Council.

He was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1982, called to the Bar in 1987 and appointed Senior Counsel in 1998. In 2005, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and on 23 August 2018 he was appointed a Judge of Appeal.

From 2013 he was a member and from 2019 Deputy President of the Defence Force Discipline Appeal Tribunal. He was appointed a part-time Commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission on 1 June 2016 and Deputy Chairperson on 1 July 2016.

He retired from his judicial appointments on 31 May 2023, in order to assume the appointment of inaugural Commissioner of the new National Anti-Corruption Commission from 1 July 2023.

His service in the Army Reserve commenced in the Sydney University Regiment in 1975 and culminated in his appointment as Head of Reserves & Cadets with the rank of Major General (2011—2013). As an Assistant Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force he conducted an inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.