Published Submissions
The Royal Commission has received a range of submissions. Submissions will be progressively published below. These submissions are published without any adoption or endorsement by the Royal Commission and without any comment by the Royal Commission on the material contained in them. Links to publicly available references in submissions have been included for ease of access.
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Submissions
| Date | Submitted by | Document |
|---|---|---|
| Vicki G | ANON-24KG-9BTB-9 | |
| Rachelle Miller | ANON-24KG-9SEM-P | |
| Jenny Bickley | ANON-24KG-9SMM-X | |
| Anwyn Crawford | ANON-24KG-9SC6-W | |
| Terrence Kenneth Ling | ANON-24KG-9SHM-S | |
| Robert James Forsyth | ANON-24KG-9SN7-9 | |
| Lynette Gay Russell | ANON-24KG-9SUD-W and ANON-24KG-9SVQ-B | |
| Michael Griffin | ANON-24KG-9B1E-9 | |
| Australian Unemployed Workers' Union | ANON-24KG-9B8V-1 | |
| Penelope Anne Cahalan | ANON-24KG-9BAN-2 | |
| Margaret McKenzie | ANON-24KG-9BR1-P | |
| Dr Ruth Skilbeck | ANON-24KG-9BYP-V | |
| Trevor Windle | ANON-24KG-9S1C-R | |
| Tracey Hoolachan | ANON-24KG-9S6C-W and ANON-24KG-9SXX-M | |
| Thomas Burns | ANON-24KG-9S8C-Y | |
| Thomas William Spall | ANON-24KG-9SBS-S and ANON-24KG-9BWD-E | |
| Sarah Eastwood | ANON-24KG-9SBT-T | |
| Dr Mark McGovern | ANO.9999.0001.0117 | |
| Deb Dalton | ANO.9999.0001.0116 | |
| Greg Dyer | ANO.9999.0001.0105 | |
| Australian Human Rights Commission | ANO.9999.0001.0096 | |
| Peter Innes | ANO.9999.0001.0094 | |
| Peter Dickson | ANO.9999.0001.0086 | |
| George O'Farrell | ANO.9999.0001.0083 | |
| Trevor Rogers | ANO.9999.0001.0081 | |
| Michael Griffin | ANO.9999.0001.0073 | |
| Prof Karl Reed and Prof Craig McDonald | ANO.9999.0001.0072 | |
| Dr Andrew Turk | ANO.9999.0001.0064 | |
| David Hunter | ANO.9999.0001.0063 | |
| Robyn Seth-Purdie | ANO.9999.0001.0060 | |
| John Stannard | ANON-24KG-9B17-U; ANON-24KG-9SC3-T; ANON-24KG-9SV6-G and ANO.9999.0001.0053 | |
| Peter Sutherland | ANO.9999.0001.0043 | |
| Professor Paul Henman | ANO.9999.0001.0042 | |
| Wendy Willemse | ANO.9999.0001.0036 | |
| Jai (Jolly) Biagtas | ANO.9999.0001.0026 | |
| Gerry Krieg | ANO.9999.0001.0024 | |
| Benjamin F | ANON-24KG-9STZ-J | |
| Daniel B | ANON-24KG-9SYY-P and ANON-24KG-9SNZ-C | |
| Bryan M | ANON-24KG-9SZJ-8 | |
| Fern H | ANON-24KG-9B4T-U | |
| Steven W | ANON-24KG-9B8S-X | |
| Ann K | ANON-24KG-9BP8-U | |
| Kathleen H | ANON-24KG-9BW8-2 | |
| Tess M | ANON-24KG-9BWS-W | |
| Daniel S | ANON-24KG-9BYB-E | |
| Alannah W | ANON-24KG-9S3A-R | |
| Carolyn G | ANON-24KG-9SBK-H | |
| Shelley P | ANON-24KG-9SCK-J | |
| Graeme B | ANON-24KG-9SG2-W | |
| Martin B | ANON-24KG-9SG6-1 | |
| Andrew N | ANON-24KG-9SN6-8 | |
| Sandra May Lewis | ANON-24KG-9SX1-D | |
| Luciano Cipri | ANON-24KG-9SXQ-D | |
| Rohan Andrew Adrian Goyne | ANON-24KG-9SXV-J | |
| John Lindsay Maygar | ANON-24KG-9SYW-M | |
| Robert Patrick Dapre | ANON-24KG-9SJF-M | |
| Judith Stutz | ANON-24KG-9SK3-2 | |
| Damian Gibson | ANON-24KG-9SMU-6 | |
| Julie Holmes | ANON-24KG-9SU8-H | |
| Peter Curtis | ANON-24KG-9SUY-J | |
| Nicholas Theodore | ANON-24KG-9SC8-Y | |
| Helen McIntyre | ANON-24KG-9SE2-U | |
| Kaye Fagan | ANON-24KG-9SFY-3 | |
| Leanne Wilson | ANON-24KG-9SFZ-4 | |
| Melissa Mitchell | ANON-24KG-9SHF-J | |
| Joshua Klaehn | ANON-24KG-9SHP-V | |
| Anthony Field | ANON-24KG-9S39-G | |
| Steve Jenkin | ANON-24KG-9S97-M | |
| Kathryn Richards | ANON-24KG-9B4K-J | |
| Andrea Therese Leck | ANON-24KG-9SA7-V | |
| Gareth Mills | ANON-24KG-9B8Y-4 | |
| Dylan Clogg | ANON-24KG-9SAF-B | |
| Helen Chadwick | ANON-24KG-9BAK-Y | |
| Karen Birnie | ANON-24KG-9SBJ-G | |
| Scott Robert Henderson | ANON-24KG-9BJY-P | |
| Melissa Smith | ANON-24KG-9BY3-Y | |
| Anonymous | ANON-24KG-9BY9-5 | |
| Emily Ruth Lightfoot | ANON-24KG-9BYY-5 | |
| Megan Sara | ANON-24KG-9S1E-T | |
| Stephen Fuller | ANON-24KG-9S1Y-E and ANON-24KG-9SGB-D | |
| Greg Perkin | ANON-24KG-9S3G-X | |
| Luke (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9S3X-F | |
| Barbara Newman | ANON-24KG-9S7F-1 | |
| Ann Mikkelsen | ANON-24KG-9S7H-3 | |
| Andrew Fergus | ANON-24KG-9S8D-Z | |
| Asher Wolf | ANO.9999.0001.0025 | |
| Ricky Aik | ANON-24KG-9SWS-E | |
| Kathleen Madgwick | ANON-24KG-9S4P-8 | |
| Jessica Jolly | ANON-24KG-9SA4-S | |
| Rosemary Gay | ANON-24KG-9SAX-W and ANO.9999.0001.0095 | |
| Matthew Thompson | ANON-24KG-9SDA-9 | |
| Colleen Taylor | ANON-24KG-9SEH-H | |
| Jennifer Joy Miller | ANON-24KG-9SJK-S and ANON-24KG-9SYT-H | |
| Sarah Harvey | ANON-24KG-9SNG-S | |
| Sandra Jean Bevan | ANON-24KG-9SNJ-V | |
| Richard Ure | ANON-24KG-9SE5-X and ANON-24KG-9B8K-P | |
| Dr Nicholas Fisher, Dennis Trewin AO and Professor Noel Cressie | ANON-24KG-9SA8-W and ANO.9999.0001.0097 | |
| Karen Ryall | ANON-24KG-9BAA-N | |
| Bruce Alan Danson | ANON-24KG-9BWT-X | |
| Leanne McMahon | ANON-24KG-9BAF-T | |
| David Nicholson | ANON-24KG-9BY5-1 | |
| John Kowarsky | ANON-24KG-9BAS-7 | |
| Lana Jones | ANON-24KG-9BYJ-P | |
| Stanley Michael Waite | ANON-24KG-9BAW-B | |
| Annalise Stanley | ANON-24KG-9S3C-T | |
| Jeremy Pearson | ANON-24KG-9B1A-5 | |
| Brian Morley | ANON-24KG-9BF9-J | |
| Lisa Bannister | ANON-24KG-9SNP-2 | |
| Miriam (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9B1C-7 | |
| Lorraine Overton | ANON-24KG-9BFU-E | |
| Rebecca Askew | ANON-24KG-9SZD-2 | |
| Jamie Moffatt | ANON-24KG-9B1Q-N | |
| Heather Ford | ANON-24KG-9BJ6-K | |
| Kathleen Southwell | ANON-24KG-9B1S-Q | |
| Alison Orchard | ANON-24KG-9BJ8-N | |
| Richard Todd | ANON-24KG-9B1T-R | |
| Lauren Jade Thain | ANON-24KG-9BJC-Z | |
| Catherine Williams | ANON-24KG-9B4E-C | |
| Katerina Ficker | ANON-24KG-9BJN-B | |
| Jeanne Fouche | ANON-24KG-9B8A-C | |
| Dr Phillip Graham Macumber | ANON-24KG-9BRH-D | |
| Thomas Studans | ANON-24KG-9B12-P | |
| Ryan Banik | ANON-24KG-9BRU-T | |
| John Flint | ANON-24KG-9B14-R | |
| Kevin Harper | ANON-24KG-9BT1-R | |
| Sarah Ollesch | ANON-24KG-9B86-1 | |
| Geoffrey Gibson | ANON-24KG-9BTE-C | |
| Sean Minney | ANON-24KG-9BA3-7 | |
| Alex Graham | ANON-24KG-9BTS-T | |
| Luke Harris | ANON-24KG-9BA5-9 | |
| John Halligan | ANON-24KG-9BTW-X | |
| Annette Joan Spendlove | ANON-24KG-9S7Y-M | |
| Sean Thomson Macdonald | ANON-24KG-9SZN-C | |
| Sophie Padget | ANON-24KG-9S7Z-N | |
| Jason Sheaff | ANON-24KG-9SZR-G | |
| Beverly Donovan | ANON-24KG-9S29-F | |
| Amanda McLeod | ANON-24KG-9SZT-J | |
| Claire Connors | ANON-24KG-9S34-B | |
| Peter Spooner | ANON-24KG-9SZV-M | |
| David Jones | ANON-24KG-9SM1-2 | |
| Nathan John Kearney | ANON-24KG-9BPR-N | |
| Victoria Moore | ANON-24KG-9SM3-4 | |
| Wendy Hopper | ANON-24KG-9BPW-T | |
| Jill Middleton | ANON-24KG-9SM9-A | |
| Barry Whelan | ANON-24KG-9BPX-U | |
| Mark Rowan | ANON-24KG-9SMG-R | |
| Anonymous | ANON-24KG-9BW4-X | |
| Carol Rita Berbari | ANON-24KG-9SQ1-6 | |
| Colleen Sheargold | ANON-24KG-9BWC-D | |
| Lise Cooper | ANON-24KG-9SQ7-C | |
| Josh (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9S2E-U | |
| Edna Claire Malyon | ANON-24KG-9SQE-T | |
| Kylie Kingston | ANON-24KG-9S2Q-7 | |
| Clark (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9SS9-G | |
| Polly Johannody Valentine | ANON-24KG-9S3V-D | |
| Nicholas Vaiente | ANON-24KG-9SSF-W | |
| Nick Fletcher | ANON-24KG-9S7E-Z | |
| Danny Walter Floyd | ANON-24KG-9SSP-7 | |
| Maxine Godley | ANON-24KG-9S7J-5 | |
| Cameron Leslie Scott | ANON-24KG-9SZ3-H | |
| Kerry A Jackson | ANON-24KG-9S7N-9 | |
| Karenfaye Cooper | ANON-24KG-9SZ7-N | |
| Veronica Irene Perry | ANON-24KG-9BP7-T | |
| Sarah Louise Woodroofe | ANON-24KG-9B4G-E | |
| Pheobe Pavati | ANON-24KG-9BPE-8 | |
| Penni-Leigh Cahill | ANON-24KG-9B48-Y | |
| Epaminondas Sapounas | ANON-24KG-9BPN-H | |
| Ash Baweja | ANON-24KG-9B49-Z; ANON-24KG-9BAZ-E and ANON-24KG-9BAB-P | |
| Sarah Hodges | ANON-24KG-9BPP-K | |
| Atlas Greyfox | ANON-24KG-9BF5-E | |
| Erik van Riel | ANON-24KG-9BPQ-M | |
| Paula Maidment | ANON-24KG-9BFJ-3 | |
| Adrian Lester | ANON-24KG-9BFW-G | |
| Susan C Garton | ANON-24KG-9BN2-K | |
| Monica Pimentel | ANON-24KG-9BN6-Q | |
| Glenda Plog | ANON-24KG-9BNG-8 | |
| Raymond Johnston | ANON-24KG-9BNR-K | |
| Justin Warren | ANON-24KG-9BNT-N | |
| Steven Jordan | ANON-24KG-9BNV-Q | |
| Jason Greenwood | ANON-24KG-9BNX-S | |
| Jennifer Goodrick | ANON-24KG-9BNZ-U | |
| Terry Hayes | ANON-24KG-9BP4-Q | |
| The Commonwealth | ANO.9999.0001.0100 | |
| The Commonwealth | ANO.9999.0001.0099 | |
| Matthew Geoffrey Martin | ANON-24KG-9SHC-F | |
| Paul Roberts | ANON-24KG-9SJE-K | |
| Adrienne St John | ANON-24KG-9SK5-4 | |
| Brian O'Donnell | ANON-24KG-9SKQ-Z | |
| Alice McQueen | ANON-24KG-9SKS-2 | |
| Mark Weblin | ANON-24KG-9SRR-8 | |
| Melissa Schulz | ANON-24KG-9SRX-E | |
| Michael Smith | ANON-24KG-9SUK-4 | |
| Nicole (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9SVA-U | |
| Robert Schmidt | ANON-24KG-9SVZ-M | |
| Murray Howlett | ANON-24KG-9SXC-Y | |
| Damian McDonald | ANON-24KG-9SXP-C | |
| Alinta Edwards | ANON-24KG-9SXR-E | |
| Mark Warburton | ANON-24KG-9SH4-Z | |
| Stephen Whale | ANON-24KG-9SH6-2 | |
| Craig McMahon | ANON-24KG-9SD6-X | |
| Lee Gorin | ANON-24KG-9SD8-Z | |
| Valerie Nizette-Wiseman | ANON-24KG-9SDG-F | |
| Carmen Boehnke | ANON-24KG-9SDV-X | |
| Carla J D'Agostino | ANON-24KG-9SE1-T | |
| David Wielders | ANON-24KG-9SGT-Y and ANON-24KG-9SE4-W | |
| Donald Williams | ANON-24KG-9SGX-3 | |
| Gareth Morgan | ANON-24KG-9SGZ-5 | |
| Adam Shepherd | ANON-24KG-9S6E-Y | |
| Peter Jenssen | ANON-24KG-9S8S-F | |
| Vanessa Laudehr | ANON-24KG-9S9Z-Q | |
| Greg Dalton | ANON-24KG-9S66-G | |
| Alison Taylor | ANON-24KG-9S67-H | |
| Tara Ednie | ANON-24KG-9SB7-W | |
| Trevor Keith Cutler | ANON-24KG-9SBW-W | |
| Kenneth John Thorpe | ANON-24KG-9SD5-W | |
| James Joseph | ANON-24KG-9SEN-Q and ANON-24KG-9B1X-V | |
| Markus Munday | ANON-24KG-9SAP-N | |
| Emily Lane | ANON-24KG-9SP9-D | |
| Aidan Ricciardo | ANON-24KG-9SAZ-Y | |
| Natalie Harwood | ANON-24KG-9SR8-E | |
| Breanna Solomon | ANON-24KG-9SF3-W | |
| Josephine Morris | ANON-24KG-9SRT-A | |
| Peter Scott | ANON-24KG-9SF5-Y | |
| Janet Storey | ANON-24KG-9ST3-B | |
| Guy Pilgrim | ANON-24KG-9SF8-2 | |
| Daniel Christopher Bruce | ANON-24KG-9STC-U | |
| Andrew Tunnecliffe | ANON-24KG-9S1U-A | |
| Simon Luckhurst | ANON-24KG-9SFN-R | |
| Renee Rogers | ANON-24KG-9STQ-9 | |
| Whan Hee (Linda) Cho | ANON-24KG-9S4J-2 | |
| Edward Borton | ANON-24KG-9SFP-T | |
| Stephanie Toft | ANON-24KG-9STY-H | |
| Jeffery Morcom | ANON-24KG-9S4N-6 | |
| Gregory Grimley | ANON-24KG-9SFR-V | |
| Natasha Ritchie | ANON-24KG-9SW2-D | |
| Jeremy Cox | ANON-24KG-9S4Q-9 | |
| Benjamin M Harris | ANON-24KG-9SFW-1 | |
| Naomi Brick | ANON-24KG-9SW4-F | |
| Glen Stafford | ANON-24KG-9S4X-G | |
| Kyriae Berglund | ANON-24KG-9SJ2-Z | |
| Gavin Lee Morgan | ANON-24KG-9SWF-1 | |
| Paul Rayner | ANON-24KG-9S4Y-H | |
| Peter Griffiths | ANON-24KG-9SJ5-3 | |
| Hamish Campbell | ANON-24KG-9SWK-6 | |
| Phillip Stagg | ANON-24KG-9S44-C | |
| Tamara Gardiner | ANON-24KG-9SJ9-7 | |
| Brodie Alice Parker | ANON-24KG-9SY1-E | |
| Le Roy Fong | ANON-24KG-9SAA-6 | |
| Tracey-Ann Gulley | ANON-24KG-9SN2-4 | |
| Debra Coulter | ANON-24KG-9SY4-H | |
| Richard Stokes | ANON-24KG-9SAC-8 | |
| Dylan Harrington | ANON-24KG-9SNA-K | |
| Cheree Brooks | ANON-24KG-9SYQ-E and ANON-24KG-9BNC-4 | |
| Alison Robley | ANON-24KG-9SAH-D | |
| Colin Smith | ANON-24KG-9SNU-7 | |
| Matt McCarthy | ANON-24KG-9SYZ-Q | |
| Leanne Swan | ANON-24KG-9SAK-G | |
| Simon Katterl | ANON-24KG-9SP7-B | |
| Sue Vardon AO | ANO.9999.0001.0056 | |
| Dr David Lloyd Brown | ANON-24KG-9SRU-B | |
| Professor Jane Andrew, Mona Nikidehaghani and Corinne Cortese | ANON-24KG-9SRY-F | |
| Dr Shahriar Akter | ANON-24KG-9SUW-G and ANO.9999.0001.0090 | |
| Dr Yee-Fui Ng | ANON-24KG-9SYX-N | |
| Wesley Asylum Seeker Welcome Place | ANON-24KG-9S5F-Y | |
| Consumer Action Law Centre, Economic Justice Australia and Financial Counselling Australia | ANON-24KG-9S9N-B | |
| Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists | ANON-24KG-9S38-F | |
| Gerard McPhee | ANON-24KG-9S57-G | |
| Dr Darren O'Donovan (La Trobe University) | ANON-24KG-9SAD-9 | |
| National Council of Single Mothers | ANON-24KG-9SFC-D | |
| NSW Ombudsman | ANON-24KG-9SHA-D | |
| Lived Experience Australia | ANON-24KG-9SQ3-8 | |
| Professor Penny Crofts and Dr Honni van Rijswijk | ANON-24KG-9SRG-W and ANO.9999.0001.0085 | |
| Professor Elise Bant (University of Western Australia) | ANON-24KG-9SRQ-7 | |
| Victoria Legal Aid | ANON-24KG-9BR4-S | |
| Australasian Society for Computers and the Law, The Allens Hub for Technology and Law and Innovation and The Gradient Institute | ANON-24KG-9BRC-8 | |
| Economic Justice Australia | ANON-24KG-9BTN-N | |
| Anglicare Australia | ANON-24KG-9BY4-Z | |
| Suicide Prevention Australia | ANON-24KG-9S2F-V | |
| Dr Mark Brogan and Mark Arratoon | ANON-24KG-9S2N-4 and ANO.9999.0001.0089 | |
| Australian Council of Social Service | ANON-24KG-9B1V-T | |
| ACT Council of Social Service | ANON-24KG-9B15-S | |
| Monash University | ANON-24KG-9BNS-M | |
| Dr Tapani Rinta-Kahila and Dr Ida Someh | ANON-24KG-9BR3-R | |
| Community Legal Centres Australia | ANO.9999.0001.0008 | |
| National 4Rs Community Legal Network | ANO.9999.0001.0010 | |
| Adam Graycar and Adam Masters | ANO.9999.0001.0017 | |
| AustLII | ANO.9999.0001.0020 | |
| Community and Public Sector Union | ANO.9999.0001.0021 | |
| Australian Federation of Disability Organisations | ANO.9999.0001.0022 | |
| ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society | ANO.9999.0001.0028 | |
| Nicola Howell and Dr Catherine Brown (Queensland University of Technology) | ANO.9999.0001.0030 | |
| Professor John McMillan AO | ANO.9999.0001.0038 | |
| Consumers of Mental Health WA | ANON-24KG-9B1R-P |