Royal Commissions (VCE SSCE Legal Studies): Flashcards

Highest form of inquiry into matters of public concern

Governor-General or governor on government advice

Document establishing a Royal Commission

Summon witnesses, compel evidence, cross-examine, get docs

What the Royal Commission must investigate

No - government not obligated to implement

Australia's first formal truth-telling body for First Peoples

Incorrect debt notices to 470,000+ people, $721m

Independence from parliament, objective and unbiased

No obligation to implement recommendations