AUSTRALIA
New South Wales Government
On 9 November 2012, the Premier announced that the NSW government proposed to establish a Special Commission of Inquiry into matters raised by Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox in an ABC Lateline interview regarding the handling of certain child sexual abuse allegations.
Ms Margaret Cunneen SC has been appointed as Commissioner by Letters Patent issued by the Governor of New South Wales on 21 November 2012 under the Special Commissions of Inquiry Act 1983 (NSW).
The Commissioner was due to report on or before 31 May 2014.
On 25 January 2013, amendments were made to the terms of reference and the reporting date was extended to 30 September 2013. On 28 August 2013 the terms of reference were amended to extend the report date to 28 February 2014. On 12 February 2014 the terms of reference were amended to extend the report date to 31 May 2014.
On 30 May 2014, the four volume report of the Commission was delivered to the Governor. The three public volumes have been released by the NSW Government. The Commission has recommended that the fourth volume of the report remain confidential at this time.
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