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Special Commissions of Inquiry
Current inquiries
Visit the inquiry websites for more information about each current inquiry.
Completed inquiries
Completed inquiries include:
- 2019 Inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Megan Folbigg
- Inquest into the deaths arising from the Lindt Café siege.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into the Greyhound Racing Industry in NSW.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals concluded in November 2008.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW concluded in November 2008.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into Electricity Transactions concluded in October 2011.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation concluded in September 2004.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Police Investigation of Certain Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle concluded in May 2014.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into the NSW Crime Commission concluded in November 2011.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into the Review of the Independent Commission Act Corruption Act 1998 concluded on 31 January 2005.
- Special Commission of Inquiry into the Sydney Ferries concluded on 31 October 2007.
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.