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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Benjamin F | ANON-24KG-9STZ-J | |
| Daniel B | ANON-24KG-9SYY-P and ANON-24KG-9SNZ-C | |
| Bryan M | ANON-24KG-9SZJ-8 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Kathryn Richards | ANON-24KG-9B4K-J | |
| Gareth Mills | ANON-24KG-9B8Y-4 | |
| Helen Chadwick | ANON-24KG-9BAK-Y | |
| 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 | |
| Anthony Field | ANON-24KG-9S39-G | |
| Steve Jenkin | ANON-24KG-9S97-M | |
| Andrea Therese Leck | ANON-24KG-9SA7-V | |
| Dylan Clogg | ANON-24KG-9SAF-B | |
| Karen Birnie | ANON-24KG-9SBJ-G | |
| Asher Wolf | ANO.9999.0001.0025 | |
| 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 | |
| Ricky Aik | ANON-24KG-9SWS-E | |
| 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 | |
| Jeremy Pearson | ANON-24KG-9B1A-5 | |
| Miriam (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9B1C-7 | |
| Jamie Moffatt | ANON-24KG-9B1Q-N | |
| Kathleen Southwell | ANON-24KG-9B1S-Q | |
| Richard Todd | ANON-24KG-9B1T-R | |
| Catherine Williams | ANON-24KG-9B4E-C | |
| Jeanne Fouche | ANON-24KG-9B8A-C | |
| Thomas Studans | ANON-24KG-9B12-P | |
| John Flint | ANON-24KG-9B14-R | |
| Sarah Ollesch | ANON-24KG-9B86-1 | |
| Sean Minney | ANON-24KG-9BA3-7 | |
| Luke Harris | ANON-24KG-9BA5-9 | |
| Karen Ryall | ANON-24KG-9BAA-N | |
| Leanne McMahon | ANON-24KG-9BAF-T | |
| John Kowarsky | ANON-24KG-9BAS-7 | |
| Stanley Michael Waite | ANON-24KG-9BAW-B | |
| Brian Morley | ANON-24KG-9BF9-J | |
| Lorraine Overton | ANON-24KG-9BFU-E | |
| Heather Ford | ANON-24KG-9BJ6-K | |
| Alison Orchard | ANON-24KG-9BJ8-N | |
| Lauren Jade Thain | ANON-24KG-9BJC-Z | |
| Katerina Ficker | ANON-24KG-9BJN-B | |
| Dr Phillip Graham Macumber | ANON-24KG-9BRH-D | |
| Ryan Banik | ANON-24KG-9BRU-T | |
| Kevin Harper | ANON-24KG-9BT1-R | |
| Geoffrey Gibson | ANON-24KG-9BTE-C | |
| Alex Graham | ANON-24KG-9BTS-T | |
| John Halligan | ANON-24KG-9BTW-X | |
| Bruce Alan Danson | ANON-24KG-9BWT-X | |
| David Nicholson | ANON-24KG-9BY5-1 | |
| Lana Jones | ANON-24KG-9BYJ-P | |
| Annalise Stanley | ANON-24KG-9S3C-T | |
| Lisa Bannister | ANON-24KG-9SNP-2 | |
| Rebecca Askew | ANON-24KG-9SZD-2 | |
| Nathan John Kearney | ANON-24KG-9BPR-N | |
| Wendy Hopper | ANON-24KG-9BPW-T | |
| Barry Whelan | ANON-24KG-9BPX-U | |
| Anonymous | ANON-24KG-9BW4-X | |
| Colleen Sheargold | ANON-24KG-9BWC-D | |
| Josh (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9S2E-U | |
| Kylie Kingston | ANON-24KG-9S2Q-7 | |
| Polly Johannody Valentine | ANON-24KG-9S3V-D | |
| Nick Fletcher | ANON-24KG-9S7E-Z | |
| Maxine Godley | ANON-24KG-9S7J-5 | |
| Kerry A Jackson | ANON-24KG-9S7N-9 | |
| Annette Joan Spendlove | ANON-24KG-9S7Y-M | |
| Sophie Padget | ANON-24KG-9S7Z-N | |
| Beverly Donovan | ANON-24KG-9S29-F | |
| Claire Connors | ANON-24KG-9S34-B | |
| David Jones | ANON-24KG-9SM1-2 | |
| Victoria Moore | ANON-24KG-9SM3-4 | |
| Jill Middleton | ANON-24KG-9SM9-A | |
| Mark Rowan | ANON-24KG-9SMG-R | |
| Carol Rita Berbari | ANON-24KG-9SQ1-6 | |
| Lise Cooper | ANON-24KG-9SQ7-C | |
| Edna Claire Malyon | ANON-24KG-9SQE-T | |
| Clark (Surname not provided) | ANON-24KG-9SS9-G | |
| Nicholas Vaiente | ANON-24KG-9SSF-W | |
| Danny Walter Floyd | ANON-24KG-9SSP-7 | |
| Cameron Leslie Scott | ANON-24KG-9SZ3-H | |
| Karenfaye Cooper | ANON-24KG-9SZ7-N | |
| Sean Thomson Macdonald | ANON-24KG-9SZN-C | |
| Jason Sheaff | ANON-24KG-9SZR-G | |
| Amanda McLeod | ANON-24KG-9SZT-J | |
| Peter Spooner | ANON-24KG-9SZV-M | |
| Sarah Louise Woodroofe | ANON-24KG-9B4G-E | |
| Penni-Leigh Cahill | ANON-24KG-9B48-Y | |
| Ash Baweja | ANON-24KG-9B49-Z; ANON-24KG-9BAZ-E and ANON-24KG-9BAB-P | |
| Atlas Greyfox | ANON-24KG-9BF5-E | |
| 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 | |
| Veronica Irene Perry | ANON-24KG-9BP7-T | |
| Pheobe Pavati | ANON-24KG-9BPE-8 | |
| Epaminondas Sapounas | ANON-24KG-9BPN-H | |
| Sarah Hodges | ANON-24KG-9BPP-K | |
| Erik van Riel | ANON-24KG-9BPQ-M | |
| The Commonwealth | ANO.9999.0001.0099 | |
| The Commonwealth | ANO.9999.0001.0100 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Mark Warburton | ANON-24KG-9SH4-Z | |
| Stephen Whale | ANON-24KG-9SH6-2 | |
| James Joseph | ANON-24KG-9SEN-Q and ANON-24KG-9B1X-V | |
| 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 | |
| Andrew Tunnecliffe | ANON-24KG-9S1U-A | |
| Whan Hee (Linda) Cho | ANON-24KG-9S4J-2 | |
| Jeffery Morcom | ANON-24KG-9S4N-6 | |
| Jeremy Cox | ANON-24KG-9S4Q-9 | |
| Glen Stafford | ANON-24KG-9S4X-G | |
| Paul Rayner | ANON-24KG-9S4Y-H | |
| Phillip Stagg | ANON-24KG-9S44-C | |
| Le Roy Fong | ANON-24KG-9SAA-6 | |
| Richard Stokes | ANON-24KG-9SAC-8 | |
| Alison Robley | ANON-24KG-9SAH-D | |
| Leanne Swan | ANON-24KG-9SAK-G | |
| Markus Munday | ANON-24KG-9SAP-N | |
| Aidan Ricciardo | ANON-24KG-9SAZ-Y | |
| Breanna Solomon | ANON-24KG-9SF3-W | |
| Peter Scott | ANON-24KG-9SF5-Y | |
| Guy Pilgrim | ANON-24KG-9SF8-2 | |
| Simon Luckhurst | ANON-24KG-9SFN-R | |
| Edward Borton | ANON-24KG-9SFP-T | |
| Gregory Grimley | ANON-24KG-9SFR-V | |
| Benjamin M Harris | ANON-24KG-9SFW-1 | |
| Kyriae Berglund | ANON-24KG-9SJ2-Z | |
| Peter Griffiths | ANON-24KG-9SJ5-3 | |
| Tamara Gardiner | ANON-24KG-9SJ9-7 | |
| Tracey-Ann Gulley | ANON-24KG-9SN2-4 | |
| Dylan Harrington | ANON-24KG-9SNA-K | |
| Colin Smith | ANON-24KG-9SNU-7 | |
| Simon Katterl | ANON-24KG-9SP7-B | |
| Emily Lane | ANON-24KG-9SP9-D | |
| Natalie Harwood | ANON-24KG-9SR8-E | |
| Josephine Morris | ANON-24KG-9SRT-A | |
| Janet Storey | ANON-24KG-9ST3-B | |
| Daniel Christopher Bruce | ANON-24KG-9STC-U | |
| Renee Rogers | ANON-24KG-9STQ-9 | |
| Stephanie Toft | ANON-24KG-9STY-H | |
| Natasha Ritchie | ANON-24KG-9SW2-D | |
| Naomi Brick | ANON-24KG-9SW4-F | |
| Gavin Lee Morgan | ANON-24KG-9SWF-1 | |
| Hamish Campbell | ANON-24KG-9SWK-6 | |
| Brodie Alice Parker | ANON-24KG-9SY1-E | |
| Debra Coulter | ANON-24KG-9SY4-H | |
| Cheree Brooks | ANON-24KG-9SYQ-E and ANON-24KG-9BNC-4 | |
| Matt McCarthy | ANON-24KG-9SYZ-Q | |
| Sue Vardon AO | ANO.9999.0001.0056 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |