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Final Hearing

Counsel Assisting’s final submissions

For the final hearing, Senior Counsel Assisting, Peter Gray QC and Peter Rozen QC, presented submissions on behalf of the Counsel Assisting team over two days. Counsel submitted recommendations for the consideration of the Commissioners, and for any response by interested parties.

Date: 22-23 October 2020 
Location: There was no public access. Watch the hearing through the Royal Commission's YouTube channel.
Time: 9:30am AEDT

The hearing commenced at 9:30am (AEDT) on Thursday, 22 October 2020. It can be viewed through the Royal Commission's YouTube channel.

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Responses to Counsel Assisting's submissions


In the Final Hearing Senior Counsel Assisting, Peter Gray QC and Peter Rozen QC, presented submissions on behalf of the Counsel Assisting team over two days. Counsel Assisting also published final written submissions, which includes 124 proposed recommendations and an annexure on the timing of implementation of these proposed recommendations.

Responses to Counsel Assisting’s final submissions were invited following the hearing, to address the recommendations and a number of additional matters raised. Submissions closed on 12 November 2020.

To read the responses received, please visit Responses to Counsel Assisting’s Final Submissions.

Exhibits

To see a full list of all exhibits tendered to the Royal Commission please visit the Document Library.

Publications

The Royal Commission will publish its reports and other papers as they become available.  A range of research papers, background papers and related publications are also available.