ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND INQUIRIES

Our long and extensive experience in Royal Commissions and inquiries means we bring an impressive corporate memory to bear on the management of any new project.

The Australian Government Solicitor provided the bulk of legal services for the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, Australia’s first national review of the industry’s conduct and practices.

We also supported the HIH Royal Commission, from its inception in 2001 through to overseeing the closing down of operations.

Recent AGS experience in this area includes:

coronial inquiries into deaths arising from the HMAS Westralia fire
assisting with the Department of Defence F-111 Deseal/Reseal Board of Inquiry
acting as solicitor assisting the Australian Broadcasting Authority in its cash-for-comment inquiry into agreements entered into by presenters from radio station 2UE
assisting the Bureau of Meteorology in the coronial inquiry into deaths arising out of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race
acting for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority between 1998 and 2000 in a coronial inquest into the Thredbo disaster
HIH Royal Commission
Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry
Oil-for-Food Inquiry.

Canberra		Sydney

Leonie Farrant T 02 6253 7009 \| F 02 6253 7303		Simon Daley T 02 9581 7490 \| F 02 9581 7559

Melbourne		Brisbane

Ross McClure T 03 9242 1395 \| F 03 9242 1278		Glenn Owbridge T 07 3360 5654 \| F 07 3360 5795

Perth		Adelaide and Darwin

Teresa Ling T 08 9268 1157 \| F 08 9268 1198		Greg Camilos T 08 8205 4225 \| F 08 8205 4499

Hobart

Peter Bowen T 03 6210 2104 \| F 03 6210 2110

National contact

Simon Daley
T 02 9581 7490
F 02 9581 7559

Canberra
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Melbourne
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Perth
Adelaide
Darwin
Hobart