Senate debates

Monday, 11 September 2017

Statement by the President

Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry

3:07 pm

Photo of Stephen ParryStephen Parry (President) Share this | | Hansard source

On 23 June this year I advised the Senate that the presiding officers had decided to approve the publication of the class A records of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of the late Justice Lionel Keith Murphy. The class A records are those relating specifically to Justice Murphy's conduct. I advised that, after a number of processes had been completed, the records would be released on 24 July this year. On 20 July this year, the Speaker and I issued a press release advising that the processes we had agreed to were taking longer than expected and there would be a delay in the publication of the records. I can now advise that those processes have been completed, and the Speaker and I will table the records in our respective houses at 9.30 am on this Thursday, 14 September. The records will be published immediately afterwards on the Australian Parliament House website, under the authority of the standing orders of each house. Access to the documents will only be through the APH website.