List of Victorian royal commissions
This is a list of royal commissions and commissions of inquiry appointed by the Government of Victoria.[1] Royal Commissions are currently held in Victoria under the terms of the Inquiries Act 2014.[2] This list includes Royal Commissions that were conducted jointly with the Government of Australia. Note that this list excludes Select Committees.
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| Year(s) | Royal Commission or Commission | Commissioner |
|---|---|---|
| 1854 | Commission appointed to enquire into the best mode of providing for the interanl communication of the colony | Murphy |
| 1854-55 | Royal commission appointed to enquire into the tenure of the waste lands of the crown | Stawell |
| 1858-59 | Royal commission to enquire into the best method of removing the sludge from the gold fields | Sullivan |
| 1858 | Royal commission into the defences of the colony | Macarthur |
| 1859-60 | Royal commission into the defences of the colony to consider the best mode of carrying out the recommendations of the Defences Commission of 1858 | Macarthur |
| 1860 | Royal commission on habour improvements and a river and harbour trust | Bright |
| 1861 | Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian explorers | Pratt |
| 1861 | The royal commission for the Victorian Exhibition, 1861 and the London International Exhibition, 1862 | Barry |
| 1862-63 | Royal mining commission appointed to enquire into the conditions and prospects of the gold fields of Victoria | Humffray |
| 1862-63 | The royal commission appointed to enquire into the municipalities and the charitable institutions in Victoria | Sturt |
| 1863 | Royal commission to enquire into the origin and nature of the cattle disease known as pleuro-pneumonia | Griffith |
| 1866-67 | Royal commission to examine into and report upon the best means of clearing the river Murray | Smith |
| 1866-67 | Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the operation of the system of public education | Higginbotham |
| 1866-67 | Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the operation and effect of the wine and spirits sale statute | Smith |
| 1866-67 | Royal commission to inquire into and report upon the subject of certain duties proposed to be remitted or reduced by the tariff resolutions of the Legislative Assembly on the 15th day of February 1865 and which then remained uncollected | MacGregor |
| 1867 | Royal commission to enquire into and report upon applications made for authority to mine within and under certain reserved lands at Ballarat | Sullivan |
| 1868-69 | Royal commission to enquire and report generally on the practice of paying or compensating members o the legislature in all countries where the practice prevails, and with a special vie of ascertaining in each case the rate of payment or compensation, the conditions or limitations (if any) under which it is made, and the form of legislative enactment by which it has been authorized | Duffy |
| 1870 | Royal commission appointed to consider and report upon the necessity of a Federal Union of the Australian Colonies for legislative purposes and the best means of accomplishing such a Union. | Duffy |
| 1870-72 | Royal commission on penal and prison discipline | Stawell |
| 1870-71 | Royal commission on Intercolonial Legislation and a Court of Appeal | Casey |
| 1870-71 | Royal commission appointed to enquire into and report upon the condition and management of the charitable institutions of the colony, and generally into all matters therewith. | Harker |
| 1870-71 | Royal commission on noxious trades | McRea |
| 1870-73 | Royal commission appointed to enquire into the state of the public service and the working of the Civil Service Act | A'Beckett |
| 1871 | Royal commission on foreign industries and forests | Bindon |
| 1871-72 | Royal commission on industrial and reformatory schools and the sanatory station | Casey |
| 1872 | Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the alleged silting up of Hobson's bay since the dredging operations and also enquire into and report upon the dredging department | Clark |
| 1872 | Royal commission to enquire into the origin of the disease known as diphtheria, the best mode of treatment thereof | McRea |
| 1873 | Royal commission appointed to consider and report on the extent and character of the further accommodation required at the parliamentary buildings | Fraser |
| 1873 | Royal commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the desirability of making amendments in the Boroughs and Shires Statutes and Road Districts Act | Smith |
| 1873 | Royal commission to enquire into the system adopted by the Public Works Department in reference to contracts and the execution of public works, and generally to report upon the Department itself | MacBain |
| 1875 | Royal commission to consider and report upon the lighting and ventilation of the Legislative Assembly chamber, and hte accommodation required for honourable Members | MacMahon |
| 1875-76 | Royal commission on volunteer forces | O'Shanassy |
| 1875-76 | Royal commission appointed to inquire into the working of the Friendly Societies Statute | Langridge |
| 1877 | Royal commission appointed to superintend the carrying out of the recommendations of the joint select committee appointed to inquire into the extent and character of the accommodation required in the parliament buildings etc. | Patterson |
| 1877 | Royal commission to inquire into the present condition of the Aborigines[3][4] | William Foster Stawell |
| 1915 | Royal Commission on Closer Settlement[5] | John Glass Johnstone |
| 1925 | Royal Commission on Soldier Settlement[6] | James Turnbull |
| 1931-1933 | Royal Commission on Migrant Land Settlement[7] | George Dethridge |
| 1949-1950 | Sir Charles Lowe | |
| 1952 | Sir Edmund Herring | |
| 1956 | Alan John Moir | |
| 1958-1959 | ||
| 1959-1960 | ||
| 1960 | R. A. Smithers | |
| 1962-1963 | ||
| 1963-1965 | ||
| 1970-1971 | ||
| 1977-1979 | (joint) | Edward Williams |
| 1979-1982 | ||
| 1980-1984 | Royal Commission on the Activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union (joint) | Frank Costigan |
| 1981-1982 | (joint) | Edward Woodward |
| 1981-1983 | Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking (joint) | Donald Stewart |
| 1981-1982 | (joint) | John Winneke |
| 1985-1986 | (joint) | Donald Stewart |
| 1986-1998 | (joint) | Jim McColl |
| 1990-1992 | Edward Woodward | |
| 1998-1999 | Daryl Dawson | |
| 1999-2001 | Lex Lasry | |
| 2009-2010 | 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission | Bernard Teague |
| 2015-2016 | Royal Commission into Family Violence[8][9][10] | Marcia Neave AO |
| 2018-2021 | Mental Health Royal Commission[11][12] | AM |
| 2018-2020 | Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants - An inquiry into Victoria Police’s use of Nicola Gobbo as a human source[13] | Hon Margaret McMurdo AC |
| 2021- | Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and License - An inquiry into the suitability of Crown Melbourne Limited to hold a casino licence[14] | Raymond Finkelstein QC |
External links[]
- Current Victorian government inquiries and Royal Commissions
- Archive of website of The Royal Commission into Family Violence
- The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System
- Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants
- Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence
References[]
- ^ "Research Paper: Royal Commissions in Victoria, 1854-2009". Research Service, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Finding State & Territory Royal Commission Reports". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Royal Commission on the Aborigines: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present condition of the Aborigines of this colony, and to advise as to the best means of caring for, and dealing with them, in the future" (PDF). 1877. Retrieved 19 July 2020 – via AIATSIS. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ "The Aborigines in Victoria". South Australian Register. XLII (9692). South Australia. 6 December 1877. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Report of the Royal Commission on Closer Settlement https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1916No29.pdf Access date 03 April 2019}
- ^ Report of the Royal Commission on Soldier Settlement https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1925No32.pdf Access date 03 April 2019}
- ^ "Report of the Royal Commission on Migrant Land Settlement" (PDF).
- ^ "Recommendation". www.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "About the Royal Commission into Family Violence | Victorian Government". www.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "RCFV - Royal Commission into Family Violence (Victoria)". rcfv.archive.royalcommission.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Have Your Say On The Mental Health Royal Commission". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System". rcvmhs.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants | Royal Commission into Management of Police Informants Content Management System". www.rcmpi.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence". www.rccol.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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