Cabinet Paper: Strategic Approach to Support the Response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse [pdf, 834 KB]
...confirmation the commission will not have any great impact on them or their institutional operations”. Other events have contributed to this impression, such as the release of the State Services Commission report that included reference to past use of private investigators as part of the Crown response to historic claims. 53 In the press release that accompanies the release of this paper, I intend to make it clear that I expect the Royal Commission to have a significant impact on State...