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List Of Victorian Royal Commissions
This is a list of royal commissions and commissions of inquiry appointed by the Government of Victoria. Royal Commissions are currently held in Victoria under the terms of the ''Inquiries Act 2014''. This list includes Royal Commissions that were conducted jointly with the Government of Australia. Note that this list excludes Select Committees. History Timeline , James Turnbull , - , - , 1928 , Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into The Victorian Railways Department , - , - , - , 1931-1933 , Royal Commission on Migrant Land Settlement , George Dethridge , - , - , 1944 , Royal Commission On Yallourn Bushfires , - , - , - , 1946-1947 , Royal Commission On Forest Grazing , - , - , - , 1947 , Royal Commission On Electricity Supply , - , - , - , 1949 , Royal Commission On Bread Industry , - , - , - , 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 Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Market Royal Commission
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Edward Woodward (judge)
Sir Albert Edward Woodward (6 August 1928 – 15 April 2010) was an Australian jurist. Woodward was born in Ballarat in to Eric Woodward (later as Lieutenant General Sir Eric Woodward, a Governor of New South Wales) and Amy Freame Weller. After completing both his primary and secondary education at Melbourne Grammar School, Woodward continued his studies at the University of Melbourne, where he graduated with a Master of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in 1951 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1965. During his career, he sat on several boards and 17 Royal Commissions, on four of which he was the Chairman. The most famous of these was the Aboriginal Land Rights Commission in 1973–74. He was President of the Trade Practices Tribunal 1974–76 and a Justice of the Federal Court of Australia 1977–90. As Director-General of Security between 1976 and 1981, he headed the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. He was a member of Camberwell Grammar School Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Commission Into The Australian Meat Industry
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), a 2021 reggae album * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * ''Royal'' (Indian magazine), a men's lifestyle bimonthly * Royal Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Costigan
Francis Xavier Costigan, , (14 January 1931 – 13 April 2009) was an Australian lawyer, Royal Commissioner and social justice activist. Costigan is renowned for presiding over the Costigan Commission into organised crime. Background and early life One of eight children, Costigan grew up in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne and was educated by the Jesuits at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne, and at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a law degree. He was admitted as a solicitor in Victoria in 1953 and became a barrister in 1957. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in Victoria in 1973, and was admitted to practise throughout Australia and in Ireland. Costigan was the twin brother of Michael Costigan, a writer and editor; and an older brother of Peter Costigan, Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1999 to 2001. Messenger describes him as truly decent person who persevered in the "cesspool of politics" because that is where the most good can be done for the most pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costigan Commission
The Costigan Commission (officially titled the Royal Commission on the Activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union) was an Australian royal commission held in the 1980s. Headed by Frank Costigan QC, the Commission was established by the Australian government on 10September 1980, jointly with the Victorian Government, to investigate criminal activities, including violence, associated with the Painters and Dockers Union after a series of investigative newspaper articles that detailed a high level of criminality. The union was represented by prominent Melbourne criminal lawyer Frank Galbally. The Commission was seen by many as politically motivated, in keeping with a long-running anti-union agenda pursued by the governing party of the day. The Painters and Dockers Union was notorious for its criminality and the Costigan Commission investigated numerous crimes, including a string of murders, assaults, tax-fraud networks, drug-trafficking syndicates and intimidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Frost (judge)
Sydney Frost (21 January 1881 – 19 December 1952) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania between 1910 and 1911. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1881 births 1952 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Launceston, Tasmania {{Australia-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Commission Into Certain Housing Commission Land Purchases And Other Matters
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), a 2021 reggae album * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * ''Royal'' (Indian magazine), a men's lifestyle bimonthly * Royal Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Williams (Queensland Judge)
Sir Edward Stratten Williams (29 December 1921 – 10 January 1999) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Early life Edward Stratten Williams was born on 29 December 1921 in Yungaburra, Far North Queensland, the son of businessman Edward Stratten Williams and his wife, Zilla Claudia (née McHugh). He was orphaned at age 8 and subsequently sent to boarding school at Mt. Carmel College, Charters Towers. Williams was Dux of the College and when the World War II broke out enrolled in the Light Horse. He later transferred to the RAAF and went to England to assist the Allies push eastwards over continental Europe. He was a pilot of Lancaster bombers with the Royal Air Force as a flight lieutenant in 186 Squadron, Bomber Command. Legal career In March 1944 Williams enrolled as an external student at the University of London in the Faculty of Law. He completed his final LLB examinations in June 1946. He graduated with Second Class Honours in Law in June 1946. He was ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into Drugs
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Royal Commission Into The Failure Of The West Gate Bridge
The West Gate Bridge is a steel, box girder, cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip. It carries the West Gate Freeway and is a vital link between the inner city (CBD) and Melbourne's western suburbs, with the industrial suburbs in the west, and with the city of Geelong to the south-west. It is part of one of the busiest road corridors in Australia. The high span bridge was built to allow large cargo ships to access the docks in the Yarra River. The main river span is in length, and the height above the water is . The total length of the bridge is . It is the fifth-longest in Australia, the longest being Melbourne's Bolte Bridge at . The West Gate Bridge is twice as long as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and is one of the highest road decks in Australia, clearing the water at , with the Sydney Harbour Bridge clearing the water at . The bridge passes over Westgate Park, a large environmental and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Phillips (Australian Lawyer)
Philip Phillips may refer to: *Philip Philipse (1663–1699), son of the first Lord of the Manor of Philipseborough, New York City *Philip Phillips (bishop) (died 1787), Irish Roman Catholic archbishop of Tuam *Philip Phillips (lawyer) (1807–1884), American lawyer and congressman *Philip Phillips (photographer) (19th century), merchant seaman and photographer *Philip Philips, mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, 1871–74 *Philip Phillips (businessman) (1874–1959), American businessman and philanthropist and namesake of the community of Dr. Phillips, Florida *Philip Phillips (archaeologist) (1900–1994), American archaeologist *Phil Phillips (1931–2020), singer and songwriter *Philip Phillips (physicist), theoretical condensed matter physicist *Phillip Phillips (born 1990), singer and songwriter, winner of season 11 of ''American Idol'' *Phil Phillips, a puppet from the film ''The Happytime Murders ''The Happytime Murders'' is a 2018 American adult puppet crime comedy film direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
