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

Year(s)Royal Commission or CommissionCommissioner1854Commission appointed to enquire into the best mode of providing for the internal communication of the colonyMurphy1854–1855Royal commission appointed to enquire into the tenure of the waste lands of the crownStawell1858–1859Royal commission to enquire into the best method of removing the sludge from the gold fieldsSullivan1858Royal commission into the defences of the colonyMacarthur1859–1860Royal commission into the defences of the colony to consider the best mode of carrying out the recommendations of the Defences Commission of 1858Macarthur1860Royal commission on harbour improvements and a river and harbour trustBright1861Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian explorersPratt1861The royal commission for the Victorian Exhibition, 1861 and the London International Exhibition, 1862Barry1862–1863Royal mining commission appointed to enquire into the conditions and prospects of the gold fields of VictoriaHumffray1862–1863The royal commission appointed to enquire into the municipalities and the charitable institutions in VictoriaSturt1863Royal commission to enquire into the origin and nature of the cattle disease known as pleuro-pneumoniaGriffith1866–1867Royal commission to examine into and report upon the best means of clearing the river MurraySmith1866–1867Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the operation of the system of public educationHigginbotham1866–1867Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the operation and effect of the wine and spirits sale statuteSmith1866–1867Royal commission to inquire into and report upon the subject of certain duties proposed to be remitted or reduced by the tariff resolutions of the Legislative Assembly on the 15th day of February 1865 and which then remained uncollectedMacGregor1867Royal commission to enquire into and report upon applications made for authority to mine within and under certain reserved lands at BallaratSullivan1868–1869Royal commission to enquire and report generally on the practice of paying or compensating members of the legislature in all countries where the practice prevails, and with a special view of ascertaining in each case the rate of payment or compensation, the conditions or limitations (if any) under which it is made, and the form of legislative enactment by which it has been authorizedDuffy1870Royal commission appointed to consider and report upon the necessity of a Federal Union of the Australian Colonies for legislative purposes and the best means of accomplishing such a Union.Duffy1870–1872Royal commission on penal and prison disciplineStawell1870–1871Royal commission on Intercolonial Legislation and a Court of AppealCasey1870–1871Royal commission appointed to enquire into and report upon the condition and management of the charitable institutions of the colony, and generally into all matters therewith.Harker1870–1871Royal commission on noxious tradesMcRea1870–1873Royal commission appointed to enquire into the state of the public service and the working of the Civil Service ActA'Beckett1871Royal commission on foreign industries and forestsBindon1871–1872Royal commission on industrial and reformatory schools and the sanatory stationCasey1872Royal commission to enquire into and report upon the alleged silting up of Hobson's bay since the dredging operations and also enquire into and report upon the dredging departmentClark1872Royal commission to enquire into the origin of the disease known as diphtheria, the best mode of treatment thereofMcRea1873Royal commission appointed to consider and report on the extent and character of the further accommodation required at the parliamentary buildingsFraser1873Royal commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the desirability of making amendments in the Boroughs and Shires Statutes and Road Districts ActSmith1873Royal commission to enquire into the system adopted by the Public Works Department in reference to contracts and the execution of public works, and generally to report upon the Department itselfMacBain1875Royal commission to consider and report upon the lighting and ventilation of the Legislative Assembly chamber, and the accommodation required for honourable MembersMacMahon1875–1876Royal commission on volunteer forcesO'Shanassy1875–1876Royal commission appointed to inquire into the working of the Friendly Societies StatuteLangridge1877Royal commission appointed to superintend the carrying out of the recommendations of the joint select committee appointed to inquire into the extent and character of the accommodation required in the parliament buildings etc.Patterson1877 Royal Commission on the AboriginesWilliam Stawell 1884-1886 Royal commission on asylums for the insane and inebriate Stawell1892Royal commission on charitable institutions1909Royal Commission on the Acquisition of Certain Estates by Sir Thomas Bent, as a Minister of the Crown Thomas Gibson-Carmichael1915Royal Commission on Closer SettlementReport of the Royal Commission on Closer Settlement Access date 03 April 2019John Glass Johnstone1924Royal Commission into the Hospital for Insane, KewAlfred Aldridge Kelley1924–1925Royal Commission on the Victorian Police Force1925Royal Commission on Soldier SettlementReport of the Royal Commission on Soldier Settlement Access date 3 April 2019James 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 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 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 Costigan1981–1982Royal Commission into the Australian Meat Industry (joint)Edward Woodward1981–1983Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking (joint)Donald Stewart1981–1982Royal Commission into the Activities of the Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders Labourers' Federation (joint)John Winneke1985–1986 Royal Commission of Inquiry into Alleged Telephone Interceptions (joint) Stewart1986–1998 Royal Commission into Grain Storage, Handling and Transport (joint) Jim McColl 1990–1992 Royal Commission into the Tricontinental Group of Companies Woodward1998–1999Longford Royal CommissionDaryl 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 2018–2021 Mental Health Royal Commission Penny Armytage2018–2020 Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants Margaret McMurdo 2021 Royal Commission into the Casino Operator and Licence Raymond Finkelstein 2021–2024 (expected) Yoorrook Justice Commission

List of Victorian royal commissions

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