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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.

Year(s) Royal Commission or Commission Commissioner
1877 Royal Commission on 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
1949-1950 Royal Commission Inquiring into the Origins, Aims, Objects and Funds of the Communist Party in Victoria and Other Related Matters Sir Charles Lowe
1952 Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into Certain Allegations of Improper Conduct Sir Edmund Herring
1956 Royal Commission to Inquire into the Operation of the Housing Acts of Victoria and the Administration of the Housing Commission Alan John Moir
1958-1959 Royal Commission into Off-The-Course Betting Russell Martin
1959-1960 Royal Commission on Motor Car Third-Party Compulsory Insurance Elias Coppel
1960 Victoria Market Royal Commission R. A. Smithers
1962-1963 Royal Commission into the Failure of Kings Bridge Edward Barber
1963-1965 Royal Commission into the Sale, Supply, Disposal or Consumption of Liquor Philip Phillips
1970-1971 Royal Commission into the Failure of the West Gate Bridge Edward Barber
1977-1979 Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs (joint) Edward Williams
1979-1982 Royal Commission into Certain Housing Commission Land Purchases and Other Matters Sydney Frost
1980-1984 Royal Commission on the Activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union (joint) Frank Costigan
1981-1982 Royal Commission into the Australian Meat Industry (joint) Edward Woodward
1981-1983 Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking (joint) Donald Stewart
1981-1982 Royal Commission into the Activities of the Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders Labourers' Federation (joint) John Winneke
1985-1986 Royal Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Telephone Interceptions (joint) Donald Stewart
1986-1998 Royal Commission into Grain Storage, Handling and Transport (joint) Jim McColl
1990-1992 Royal Commission into the Tricontinental Group of Companies Edward Woodward
1998-1999 Longford Royal Commission Daryl Dawson
1999-2001 Metropolitan Ambulance Service Royal Commission Lex Lasry
2009-2010 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Bernard Teague
2015-2016 Royal Commission into Family Violence Marcia Neave
2018- Mental Health Royal Commission[7]
2018- Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants Honourable Margaret McMurdo AC

References

  1. ^ "Research Paper: Royal Commissions in Victoria, 1854-2009". Research Service, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Finding State & Territory Royal Commission Reports". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "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" (Document). 1877 – via AIATSIS. {{cite document}}: Cite document requires |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "The Aborigines in Victoria". South Australian Register. Vol. XLII, , no. 9692. South Australia. 6 December 1877. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ Report of the Royal Commission on Closer Settlement https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1916No29.pdf Access date 03 April 2019}
  6. ^ Report of the Royal Commission on Soldier Settlement https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1925No32.pdf Access date 03 April 2019}
  7. ^ "Have Your Say On The Mental Health Royal Commission". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
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