Appendices

Appendix A: Letters Patent
Appendix B: Amendments to Letters Patent
Appendix C: List of public submissions
Appendix D: List of responsive submissions
Terms of reference 1–2
Terms of reference 3–6
Endnotes
Appendix E: List of witnesses at the Commission’s hearings
Appendix F: List of parties with leave to appear
Parties with standing leave
Parties with specific leave
Appendix G: List of stakeholders consulted by the Commission
Law enforcement, intelligence and justice agencies and courts: Australian jurisdictions
Law enforcement, intelligence and justice agencies: International jurisdictions
Prosecuting authorities: Australian and international jurisdictions
Bar associations
Law societies, institutes and councils
Legal profession bodies
Police oversight, integrity and anti-corruption agencies: Australian and international jurisdictions
Academics, research institutes and experts: Australian and international jurisdictions
Other Victorian stakeholders
Appendix H: List of people who worked with the Commission
The Commission
Counsel Assisting the Commission
Solicitors Assisting the Commission
Key suppliers

Appendix A: Letters Patent

Appendix B: Amendments to Letters Patent

Appendix C: List of public submissions

In February 2019, the Commission invited members of the public and organisations to make written submissions relevant to the Commission’s terms of reference. Submissions received by the Commission were treated as public, anonymous or confidential.

While the Commission’s preference was to make submissions publicly available, there are various reasons why this was not always possible, including the author’s preference for the treatment of their submission; the need to protect the safety of the author or other individuals; and legal reasons such as restrictions on the publication of information subject to a public interest immunity claim or court suppression orders.

In total, the Commission received 157 submissions. Of those, 65 were treated as public submissions and are listed in the table below. Some of these were published to the Commission’s website.

The remaining 92 submissions were treated as anonymous or confidential. The Commission was unable to consider submissions that did not fall within the scope of the terms of reference. As such, these submissions are not listed in the table below.

Submission number	Name of submitter
Submission 002	Mr Christos Matheas
Submission 003	Mr Dale O’Sullivan
Submission 004	Mr Jan Visser
Submission 006	Dr Olivia Ljubanovic
Submission 007	Mr Dragan Arnautovic
Submission 008	Community Advocacy Alliance Incorporated
Submission 011	Mr Antony (Dritan) Fezollari
Submission 012	Mr David Ryan
Submission 021	Mr Peter Lalor
Submission 023	Emeritus Professor Adrian Evans et al
Submission 024	Mr Brendan Moss
Submission 026	Mr Thomas Maule
Submission 039	Mr Andrew Hodson and Ms Mandy Leonard
Submission 040	Mr Robert Hynninen
Submission 041	Mr Faruk Orman
Submission 042	Mr David Horin
Submission 046	Mr Rohan Brown
Submission 054	Mr Zlate Cvetanovski
Submission 058	Mr Pasquale Barbaro
Submission 059	Dr Craig Minogue
Submission 061	Mr John Glascott
Submission 062	Mr Gerrit Schorel-Hlavka
Submission 063	Mr Tony Kellisar
Submission 064	Mr Sean Sonnet
Submission 067	Mr William (Bill) Robertson
Submission 074	Mr Anastasios Papadopoulos
Submission 079	Mr Paul Dale
Submission 082	Mr Peter S
Submission 083	Mr John Patrick Ford
Submission 085	Mr Francesco Madafferi
Submission 087	Mr Salvatore Agresta
Submission 090	Mr Jamie Sumner
Submission 091	Victorian Bar
Submission 097	Criminal Bar Association, Victoria
Submission 098	International Commission of Jurists, Victoria
Submission 099	Law Institute of Victoria
Submission 100	Mr Raymond Hoser
Submission 101	Australasian Institute of Policing
Submission 102	Deakin Law Clinic
Submission 104	Ms Kimberley Risson
Submission 108	Mr John Quail
Submission 109	Mr Manfred Ulrich Kobert
Submission 111	Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Submission 112	Victoria Legal Aid
Submission 114	Mr Stephen Gavanas
Submission 116	Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner
Submission 117	Adjunct Professor Colleen Lewis
Submission 123	Mr Stephen Asling
Submission 128	Mr Giovanni Polimeni
Submission 130	Professor Clive Harfield
Submission 138	Mr Anthony (Tony) Smart
Submission 139	Dr James Saleam
Submission 140	Mr Brody McDonald
Submission 142	Director of Public Prosecutions, Victoria
Submission 143	Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Submission 144	Victoria Police
Submission 145	Victoria Legal Aid
Submission 146	Law Institute of Victoria
Submission 147	Criminal Bar Association, Victoria
Submission 149	Mr Stephen Macras
Submission 150	Mr Denys Goldthorpe
Submission 154	Supreme Court of Victoria
Submission 155	Mr Matt Tomas
Submission 156	The Honourable Douglas Drummond, QC
Submission 157	Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission

Appendix D: List of responsive submissions

Section 12 of the Inquiries Act 2014 (Vic) (Inquiries Act) enables a royal commission to conduct its inquiry in any manner it considers appropriate, subject to the requirements of procedural fairness, its Letters Patent and the Act.

Section 36 of the Inquiries Act requires that when a royal commission proposes to make a finding that is adverse to a person, it has to be satisfied that the person:

is aware of the matters on which the proposed finding is based
has had an opportunity, at any time during the inquiry, to respond to those matters.

A royal commission must consider a person’s response (if any) before making a finding that is adverse to the person, and must fairly set out the person’s response in its report.

Terms of reference 1–2

In June 2020, Counsel Assisting the Commission produced written submissions to the Commission in relation to terms of reference 1 and 2.¹ In those submissions, Counsel proposed findings they considered were open to the Commissioner to make. They also detailed their examination of 124 cases that may have been affected by Victoria Police’s use of Ms Nicola Gobbo as a human source.

To acquit its obligations under sections 12 and 36 of the Inquiries Act, the Commission provided affected people and organisations with copies or relevant extracts of Counsel Assisting submissions and invited them to make submissions to the Commission in response (known as ‘responsive submissions’).

After publishing Counsel Assisting submissions and responsive submissions to its website, the Commission also invited further submissions from:

members of the public who considered that they may be adversely affected by those submissions
organisations and people who had already made a responsive submission, to respond to submissions made by others.

In September 2020, Counsel Assisting produced reply submissions to address some key issues raised in responsive submissions.² The Commission received further submissions from affected people and organisations in response to those reply submissions.

The Commission received 45 responsive submissions in relation to terms of reference 1 and 2, two of which were treated as confidential and were unable to be published to the Commission’s website or listed below. The remaining 43 responsive submissions are listed in the table below.

Submission	Date of submission
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	7 August 2020
Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of Public Prosecutions, Victoria	7 August 2020
Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of Public Prosecutions, Victoria	11 September 2020
Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission	15 September 2020
Mr Alan Saric	7 August 2020
Mr Alan Woodhead	7 August 2020
Mr Antonios (Tony) Mokbel (annexure)	13 August 2020
Mr Antonios (Tony) Mokbel	14 August 2020
Mr Cameron Davey	7 September 2020
Mr Carmelo Falanga	7 August 2020
Ms Christine Nixon, APM	30 August 2020
Mr Francesco Madafferi	6 August 2020
Mr Giovanni Polimeni	6 August 2020
Mr Graham Ashton, AM, APM	7 August 2020
Mr Jeffrey (Jeff) Pope	8 September 2020
Mr John Higgs	7 August 2020
Ms Nicola Gobbo	14 August 2020
Ms Nicola Gobbo	8 September 2020
Mr Paul Dale	21 July 2020
Mr Paul Mullett, APM and Mr Noel Ashby, APM	29 July 2020
Mr Paul Mullett, APM and Mr Noel Ashby, APM	7 September 2020
Officer Pearce (a pseudonym)	7 August 2020
Mr Peter Lalor	21 July 2020
Officer Richards (a pseudonym)	6 August 2020
Mr Salvatore Agresta	6 August 2020
Mr Shane O’Connell	9 October 2020
Mr Simon Overland, APM	18 August 2020
Mr Simon Overland, APM	28 August 2020
Mr Simon Overland, APM	7 September 2020
Mr Simon Overland, APM^³	9 October 2020
Mr Simon Overland, APM (response to Solicitors Assisting)^⁴	9 October 2020
Mr Solon (Sol) Solomon	7 September 2020
Six former officers of the Source Development Unit: Officer Black (a pseudonym) Officer Fox (a pseudonym) Officer Green (a pseudonym) Officer Peter Smith (a pseudonym) Officer Sandy White (a pseudonym) Officer Wolf (a pseudonym)	7 August 2020
Six former officers of the Source Development Unit: Officer Black (a pseudonym) Officer Fox (a pseudonym) Officer Green (a pseudonym) Officer Peter Smith (a pseudonym) Officer Sandy White (a pseudonym) Officer Wolf (a pseudonym)	2 September 2020^⁵
Victoria Police (specified former and current officers): Commander Stuart Bateson Mr Anthony (Tony) Biggin Inspector Dale Flynn Superintendent Jason Kelly Mr James (Jim) O’Brien Detective Sergeant Paul Rowe Mr Gavan Ryan^⁶	17 August 2020
Victoria Police^⁷	24 August 2020^⁸
Victoria Police (annexure: specified individual officers): Detective Inspector Martin Allison Mr Lindsay Attrill Mr Graham Brown Inspector Boris Buick Mr Timothy (Tim) Cartwright, APM Assistant Commissioner Thomas (Luke) Cornelius, APM Mr Douglas (Doug) Cowlishaw Inspector Andrew Glow Acting Inspector Mark Hatt Detective Sergeant Craig Hayes Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill Sergeant Tim Johns Acting Senior Sergeant Michelle Kerley Mr Findlay (Fin) McRae Mr Dannye Moloney Mr Shane O’Connell Superintendent John O’Connor Superintendent Mark Porter Detective Superintendent Paul Sheridan Detective Inspector Steven Smith Mr Stephen (Steve) Waddell Mr Rodney (Rod) Wilson^⁹	24 August 2020^¹⁰
Victoria Police (McGrath statement)^¹¹	31 August 2020
Victoria Police (specified former and current officers): Commander Stuart Bateson Mr Anthony (Tony) Biggin Inspector Dale Flynn Superintendent Jason Kelly Mr James (Jim) O’Brien Detective Sergeant Paul Rowe Mr Gavan Ryan	8 September 2020
Victoria Police (six former officers of the Source Development Unit)^¹²	8 September 2020
Victoria Police^¹³	6 October 2020
Victoria Police (specified former and current officers): Commander Stuart Bateson Mr Anthony (Tony) Biggin Inspector Dale Flynn Inspector Mark Hatt Mr James (Jim) O’Brien Detective Sergeant Paul Rowe Mr Gavan Ryan^¹⁴	9 October 2020
Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office	8 September 2020

Terms of reference 3–6

In September 2020, the Commission provided Victoria Police and The Police Association with relevant extracts of the Commission’s draft final report that may have been considered adverse to their interests and invited them to make responsive submissions. The Commission also provided the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of Public Prosecutions with relevant extracts of the Commission’s draft final report and invited them to respond.

The Commission received four responsive submissions in relation to terms of reference 3–6, as listed in the table below.

Director of Public Prosecutions, Victoria	15 September 2020
The Police Association of Victoria	11 September 2020
Victoria Police	20 September 2020
Victoria Police	28 September 2020

Endnotes

_{1 Chris Winneke, Andrew Woods and Megan Tittensor, ‘Counsel Assisting submissions with respect to Terms of Reference 1 and 2’, Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants (26 June 2020).}

_{2 Chris Winneke, Andrew Woods and Megan Tittensor, ‘Counsel Assisting reply submissions with respect to Terms of Reference 1 and 2’, Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants (21 September 2020).}

_{3 This submission was made in response to Counsel Assisting reply submissions.}

_{4 This submission was made in response to a letter to Mr Overland from Solicitors Assisting the Commission dated 1 October 2020.}

_{5 This submission is dated 2 September 2020 but was provided to the Commission on 7 September 2020.}

_{6 Victoria Police refers to this submission as its ‘Tranche 1 submissions’ dated 17 August 2020.}

_{7 Victoria Police refers to this submission as its ‘Tranche 2 submissions’ dated 25 August 2020.}

_{8 This submission is dated 24 August 2020 but was provided to the Commission on 25 August 2020.}

_{9 This submission was annexed to Victoria Police’s ‘Tranche 2 submissions’ and was made on behalf of the 22 current and former officers of Victoria Police listed.}

_{10 This submission is dated 24 August 2020 but was provided to the Commission on 25 August 2020.}

_{11 This submission was made on behalf of Victoria Police and relevant individuals in relation to the Thomas Case Study in Counsel Assisting submissions. It addresses a statement made by Mr McGrath (a pseudonym), a person referred to in the Thomas Case Study.}

_{12 This submission was made by Victoria Police in response to the submissions of six former officers of the Source Development Unit.}

_{13 This submission was made by Victoria Police in response to Counsel Assisting reply submissions.}

_{14 This submission was made by Victoria Police on behalf of the individual former and current officers of Victoria Police who filed ‘Tranche 1’ submissions (save for Superintendent Jason Kelly) and Inspector Mark Hatt. It was made in response to Counsel Assisting reply submissions.}

Appendix E: List of witnesses at the Commission’s hearings

During its inquiry, the Commission held 129 days of hearings and heard evidence from 82 witnesses in public and private hearings. The Commission held private hearings or closed parts of its hearings to protect the safety of certain witnesses and affected persons.

The names of witnesses who appeared at public hearings are listed below. These hearings, or parts of the hearings, were open to the public and streamed on the Commission’s website. Transcripts and exhibits from the Commission’s public hearings were also published on the website.

Some witnesses were assigned pseudonyms to protect the sensitivity of information, the witness’ safety or reputation, or because the Commissioner considered it appropriate to do so pursuant to section 26 of the Inquiries Act 2014 (Vic).

For Victoria Police officers, the list below gives either their role at the time of their appearance at the hearing(s), their rank at the time they left Victoria Police and/or the capacity in which they were called as a witness before the Commission, unless their role is the subject of a non-publication order.

Witness	Role	Hearing date(s)
Officer Black (a pseudonym)	Former handler and acting controller, Victoria Police	14 March, 22–25 October and 29 October 2019
Mr Neil Paterson, APM	Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	27–29 March and 9 May 2019
Mr Trevor Ashton	Inspector, Victoria Police	29 March 2019
Mr John Gibson	Former Detective Sergeant, Victoria Police	29 March 2019
Mr Michael Holding	Former Senior Constable, Victoria Police	29 March 2019
Mr Peter Trichias	Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	29 March, 20 June and 25–27 June 2019
Mr Timothy (Tim) Argall	Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	1 April and 18 June 2019
Mr Rodney Arthur	Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	1 April 2019
Mr Gavan Segrave	Detective Inspector, Victoria Police	1 April 2019
Mr Jeffrey (Jeff) Pope	Former Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	1–2 April 2019, 19 February 2020
Officer Kruger (a pseudonym)	Former officer, Victoria Police	2 April and 8 May 2019
Confidential witness	Former officer, Victoria Police	16 April 2019
Mr Mark Bowden	Former Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	16 April 2019
Mr Wayne Strawhorn	Former Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	30 April–1 May 2019
Mr Martin Allison	Inspector, Victoria Police	1 May 2019
Mr Steven Martin	Former Detective Sergeant, Victoria Police	1 May 2019
Mr Christopher Notman	Former Inspector, Victoria Police	1 May 2019
Mr David Bartlett	Detective Senior Constable, Victoria Police	2 May 2019
Confidential witness	Registered general practitioner	8 May 2019
Mr Peter De Santo	Former Commander, Victoria Police	9–10 May 2019
Mr Charlie Bezzina	Former Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	14 May 2019
Mr Terry Purton	Former Commander, Victoria Police	14 May 2019
Ms Liza Burrows	Detective Senior Constable, Victoria Police	15 May 2019
Mr Robert Hill	Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	15 May 2019
Mr Wayne Cheesman	Inspector, Victoria Police	16 May 2019
Mr Kevin Sheridan	Superintendent, Victoria Police	16 May 2019
Mr George Tapai	Former Inspector, Victoria Police	16 May 2019
Mr Andrew (Murray) Gregor	Former Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	17 May 2019
Mr Stephen Campbell	Former Detective Senior Constable, Victoria Police	21 May 2019
Person 12 (a pseudonym)	Former client of Ms Nicola Gobbo	21–22 May 2019
Mr Paul Dale	Former Detective Sergeant, Victoria Police	22 May, 17 June, 21 June and 25 June 2019
Mr David Miechel	Former Detective Senior Constable, Victoria Police	22 May 2019
Mr Jason Kelly	Superintendent, Victoria Police	19–20 June 2019
Mr Scott Mahony	Superintendent, Victoria Police	19 June 2019
Mr Andrew Allen, APM	Former Superintendent, Victoria Police	26 June 2019
Mr Mark Hatt	Acting Inspector, Victoria Police	27–28 June 2019
Mr Philip Swindells	Former Inspector, Victoria Police	27 June 2019
Mr Nigel L’Estrange	Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	28 June 2019
Mr Paul Rowe	Detective Sergeant, Victoria Police	28 June, 1 July, 12–13 November and 19 November 2019
Mr Stuart Bateson	Commander, Victoria Police	1–2 July, 19–22 November, 28 November and 2 December 2019
Officer Sandy White (a pseudonym)	Former controller, Victoria Police	30–31 July, 1–2 August, 5–8 August, 15–16 August, 19–23 August, 2–3 September and 5 September 2019
Mr Gavan Ryan	Former Detective Inspector, Victoria Police	9 and 13–15 August 2019
Officer Paige (a pseudonym)	Former officer, Victoria Police	13 August 2019
Mr James (Jim) O’Brien	Former Detective Inspector, Victoria Police	3–6 and 9–10 September 2019
Officer Peter Smith (a pseudonym)	Former handler, Victoria Police	10–12 September 2019
Officer Fox (a pseudonym)	Former handler, Victoria Police	12–13 and 18 September 2019
Mr Mark Porter	Superintendent, Victoria Police	18–20 September 2019
Mr Dale Flynn	Inspector, Victoria Police	20 September and 30 September– 4 October 2019
Officer Green (a pseudonym)	Former handler, Victoria Police	4 and 8 October 2019
Mr Anthony (Tony) Biggin	Former Superintendent, Victoria Police	9–11 October 2019
Officer Richards (a pseudonym)	Former handler and acting controller, Victoria Police	11 and 21–22 October 2019
Mr Boris Buick	Inspector, Victoria Police	29–30 October, 1 November and 11–12 November 2019
Mr Cooper (a pseudonym)	Former client of Ms Nicola Gobbo	31 October 2019 and 24 January 2020
Mr Craig Hayes	Detective Sergeant, Victoria Police	12 November 2019
Mr Bickley (a pseudonym)	Former client of Ms Nicola Gobbo	18 November 2019
Mr John O’Connor	Superintendent, Victoria Police	27 November 2019
Mr Dean McWhirter	Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	2 December 2019
Mr John (Jack) Blayney, APM	Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	2–3 December 2019
Mr Douglas (Doug) Cowlishaw	Former Inspector, Victoria Police	3 December 2019
Mr Rodney (Rod) Wilson	Former Superintendent, Victoria Police	4–5 December 2019
Mr Paul Sheridan	Detective Superintendent, Victoria Police	5 December 2019, 7 February and 12 February 2020
Mr Graham Ashton, AM, APM	Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police	9–11 December 2019
Mr Thomas (Luke) Cornelius, APM	Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	12 December 2019, 23–24 January and 29–30 January 2020
Sir Kenneth (Ken) Jones, QPM	Former Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police	13 December 2019
Mr Simon Overland, APM	Former Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police	16–20 December 2019 and 21–23 January 2020
Ms Christine Nixon, APM	Former Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police	18 December 2019
Mr Findlay (Fin) McRae	Executive Director of Legal Services, Victoria Police	30–31 January and 3–5 February 2020
Ms Nicola Gobbo	Former barrister and human source	4–7 and 11 February 2020
Mr Kenneth (Ken) Lay, AO, APM	Former Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police	10 February 2020
Mr Thomas (a pseudonym)	Former client of Ms Nicola Gobbo	10 February 2020
Mr Paul Hollowood	Superintendent, Victoria Police	12 February 2020
Mr Steven (Steve) Smith	Detective Inspector, Victoria Police	12–13 February 2020
Mr Stephen (Steve) Waddell	Former Inspector, Victoria Police	13 February 2020
Mr Ronald (Ron) Iddles, OAM, APM	Former Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	13–14 February 2020
Mr Timothy (Tim) Cartwright, APM	Former Acting Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police	14 and 18 February 2020
Mr Stephen (Steve) Leane, APM	Former Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	18 February 2020
Mr Shane O’Connell	Former Detective Senior Sergeant, Victoria Police	18 and 21 February 2020
Mr Tim Johns	Sergeant, Victoria Police	20 February 2020
Mr Dannye Moloney, APM	Former Assistant Commissioner, Victoria Police	20 February 2020
Mr John Nolan	Commander, Victoria Police	21 February 2020
Ms Wendy Steendam, APM	Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police	7 May 2020
Sir Jonathan (Jon) Murphy, QPM, DL	Professor, Advanced Policing Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom	13 May 2020

Appendix F: List of parties with leave to appear

The Commission’s hearings were held between 15 February 2019 and 13 May 2020.

People or organisations (or their legal representatives) who wanted to take part in those hearings had to apply to the Commission for ‘leave to appear’.

In some cases, the Commission granted ‘standing leave’, enabling parties to participate in most of the Commission’s hearings. In other cases, the Commission granted specific leave, enabling parties to participate in parts of the Commission’s hearings (for example, on certain hearing days, in relation to certain witnesses, or as part of certain directions hearings). In some cases, the Commission also granted parties leave to cross-examine specific witnesses.

The Commission received 182 applications for leave to appear, relating to 72 individuals. Of these, the Commission granted 63 parties leave to appear. These parties are listed below.

Parties with standing leave

Mr Graham Ashton, AM, APM	Represented by Corrs Chambers Westgarth Counsel: Mr Andrew Coleman, SC, Mr Tim Game, SC, Mr Peter Silver
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	Represented by the Australian Government Solicitor Counsel: Ms Sashi Maharaj, QC
Australian Federal Police	Represented by Clayton Utz
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions	Represented by the Australian Government Solicitor Counsel: Ms Anna Mitchelmore, SC, Ms Catherine Fitzgerald, Mr Daniel Holding, Ms Astrid Haban-Beer, Ms Rosalind Avis
Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of Public Prosecutions (Victoria)	Represented by the Office of Public Prosecutions Counsel: Mr Christopher Caleo, QC, Mr Patrick Doyle, Ms Kateena O’Gorman
Former officers of the Source Development Unit – Officers Black, Fox, Green, Peter Smith, Sandy White and Wolf (pseudonyms)	Represented by Tony Hargreaves & Partners Counsel: Mr Geoffrey Chettle, Ms Lucy Thies
Ms Nicola Gobbo	Represented by MinterEllison Counsel: Mr Peter W Collinson, QC, Mr Rishi Nathwani
State of Victoria	Represented by Gilbert + Tobin Counsel: Dr Catherine Button, SC, Mr Christopher McDermott, Mr Timothy Goodwin, Mr Liam Brown, Mr Graeme Hill
Victoria Police	Represented by Corrs Chambers Westgarth Counsel: Mr Saul Holt, QC, Mr Justin Hannebery, QC, Ms Renee Enbom, SC, Ms Karen Argiropoulos

Parties with specific leave

Mr Salvatore Agresta	Represented by Condello Lawyers
Mr Stephen Asling	Represented by Stary Norton Halphen¹ Counsel: Mr Matthew Goldberg
Mr Andrews (a pseudonym)	Represented by Moray & Agnew Lawyers Counsel: Mr Christopher Tran
Mr Dragan Arnautovic	Represented by Patrick W Dwyer Lawyers
Mr Noel Ashby, APM	Represented by Stephens Lawyers & Consultants Counsel: Ms Julie Condon, QC, Ms Ruth Shann
Australian Broadcasting Corporation	Represented by Macpherson Kelley Counsel: Mr Sandy Dawson, SC
Mr Pasquale Barbaro	Represented by Theo Magazis & Associates Counsel: Mr Christopher Wareham
Mr Cooper (a pseudonym)	Represented by Fayman Lawyers Counsel: Mr Malcolm H Thomas, Ms Emily Clark
Mr Zlate Cvetanovski	Represented by Galbally Parker
Mr Paul Dale	Represented by Gordon Legal Counsel: Mr Geoffrey Steward
Department of Home Affairs	Represented by Australian Government Solicitor Counsel: Ms Shanta Martin
Mr Jacques El-Hage	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Mr Carmelo Falanga	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Mr Kevin Farrugia	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Mr Evangelos Goussis	Represented by James Harris Lawyers Counsel: Dr Mark Gumbleton, Mr Adam Chernok
Mr Gregory (a pseudonym)	Represented by Chris McLennan & Co Barristers and Solicitors Counsel: Mr Christopher Terry
Herald and Weekly Times Pty Ltd, Nationwide News Pty Ltd, Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd, The Age Company Ltd, Seven Network (Operation) Pty Ltd	Represented by Macpherson Kelley
Mr John Higgs	Represented by Stephen Andrianakis & Associates Counsel: Ms Caitlin Dwyer
Mr Andrew Hodson and Ms Mandy Leonard	Represented by Robinson Gill Lawyers Counsel: Dr Kristine P Hanscombe, QC and Ms Kate Bowshell
Mr Ronald (Ron) Iddles, OAM, APM	Represented by Galbally & O’Bryan Lawyers Counsel: Mr Robert Richter, QC
Mr David Ilic	Represented by Garde Wilson Lawyers
Mr Rabie (Rob) Karam	Represented by Garde Wilson Lawyers
Mr Peter Lalor	Represented by Kenna Teasdale Lawyers Counsel: Mr Geoffrey Steward
Mr Francesco Madafferi	Represented by Condello Lawyers Counsel: Ms Lucy Kirwan
Mr Antonios (Tony) Mokbel	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers Counsel: Mr Richard Maidment, QC
Mr Horty Mokbel	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Mr Kabalan Mokbel	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Mr Milad Mokbel	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Ms Zaharoula Mokbel	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Mr Paul Mullett, APM	Represented by Stephens Lawyers & Consultants Counsel: Ms Julie Condon, QC, Ms Ruth Shann
Mr Shane O’Connell	Represented by Corrs Chambers Westgarth Counsel: Ms Siobhan Kelly, Ms Holly Jager
Mr Faruk Orman	Represented by Robinson Gill Lawyers Counsel: Ms Stephanie Wallace, Ms Carly Lloyd
Mr Simon Overland, APM	Represented by Corrs Chambers Westgarth Counsel: Mr Jeffery Gleeson, QC, Ms Georgie Coleman
Person 12 (a pseudonym)	Represented by Furstenberg Law
Mr Jeffrey (Jeff) Pope	Represented by Arnold Bloch Leibler Counsel: Mr Murugan Thangaraj, SC
Officer Richards (a pseudonym)	Represented by Kenna Teasdale Lawyers Counsel: Mr Andrew Purcell
Mr Pasquale John Sergi	Represented by May Lawyers Counsel: Mr Lachlan Molesworth
Mr Solon (Sol) Solomon	Represented by Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Mr Wayne Strawhorn	Represented by Galbally & O’Bryan Lawyers Counsel: Mr Peter Morrissey, SC
Mr Thomas (a pseudonym)	Represented by Pica Criminal Lawyers Counsel: Mr Jason Pizer, QC, Mr Ashley Halphen
Mr David Tricarico	Represented by Sarah Tricarico Lawyers
Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office	Represented by Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office
Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner	Represented by Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers
Mr Saverio Zirilli	Represented by Nicholas James Lawyers Counsel: Mr Adam Chernok

_{1 While Mr Asling was represented by Stary Norton Halphen at the time he was granted leave to appear, he was later represented by Melasecca Kelly Zayler in relation to other Commission processes.}

Appendix G: List of stakeholders consulted by the Commission

The Commission greatly benefited from consultations with 97 agencies and experts who shared their views and experience on matters related to the terms of reference.

Six of these consultations were informal or were treated confidentially. The remaining 91 consultations are listed in the tables below.

Law enforcement, intelligence and justice agencies and courts: Australian jurisdictions

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Australian Federal Police

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria

New South Wales Crime Commission

New South Wales Police

Northern Territory Police

Queensland Police

South Australia Police

Supreme Court of Victoria

Tasmania Police

Victoria Police

Western Australia Police

Law enforcement, intelligence and justice agencies: International jurisdictions

Criminal Cases Review Commission, United Kingdom

Drug Enforcement Administration, United States

Home Office, United Kingdom

International Association of Chiefs of Police, United States

Metropolitan Police, United Kingdom

National Crime Agency, United Kingdom

New Zealand Police

Police Scotland

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Prosecuting authorities: Australian and international jurisdictions

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Scotland

Crown Prosecution Service, United Kingdom

Director of Public Prosecutions, Victoria

Office of Public Prosecutions, Victoria

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Australian Capital Territory

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, New South Wales

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Queensland

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Tasmania

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia

Bar associations

Australian Bar Association

Australian Capital Territory Bar Association

Bar Association of Queensland

Criminal Bar Association, Victoria

New South Wales Bar Association

Northern Territory Bar Association

Victorian Bar

Law societies, institutes and councils

Law Council of Australia

Law Institute of Victoria

Law Society of New South Wales

Law Society of South Australia

Legal profession bodies

Legal Profession Board of Tasmania

Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner, South Australia

Legal Services Commission, Queensland

Legal Services Council

Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, New South Wales

Victorian Legal Admissions Board

Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner

Police oversight, integrity and anti-corruption agencies: Australian and international jurisdictions

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Commonwealth Ombudsman

Corruption and Crime Commission, Western Australia

Crime and Corruption Commission, Queensland

Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, United Kingdom

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, United Kingdom

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland

Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission, Victoria

Independent Commission Against Corruption Northern Territory

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, South Australia

Independent Office for Police Conduct, United Kingdom

Independent Police Conduct Authority, New Zealand

Integrity Commission, Tasmania

Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office, United Kingdom

Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, New South Wales

Office of the Independent Police Review Director, Canada

Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner

Ombudsman Northern Territory

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Public Interest Monitor, Victoria

Victorian Inspectorate

Victorian Ombudsman

Academics, research institutes and experts: Australian and international jurisdictions

Dr Adrian James, Liverpool John Moores University

Professor Alexandra Natapoff, University of California

Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg, Monash University

Australian New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency

Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Charl Crous, APM

College of Policing, United Kingdom

Mr Garry Dobson

Dr John Buckley

Professor Sir Jonathan (Jon) Murphy, QPM, DL, Liverpool John Moores University

Associate Professor Pamela Henry, Edith Cowan University

Mr Peter Collins

Dr Thomas Smith, University of the West of England

Other Victorian stakeholders

Police Registration and Services Board, Victoria

Victoria Legal Aid

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission

Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office

Appendix H: List of people who worked with the Commission

The Honourable Margaret McMurdo, AC was Commissioner and Chairperson of the Commission. From December 2018 until February 2019, she was supported by Mr Malcolm Hyde, AO, APM as Commissioner.

The Commission

Many people were employed by or worked with the Commission at various times between 13 December 2018 and 30 November 2020. Those who agreed to be named in this final report are listed below.

Name	Position	Time period
Ms Heather Ameen	Executive Assistant	December 2018 to March 2020
Ms Kathryn Bannon	Director, Office of the Commissioner	December 2018 to June 2020
Ms Selena Bateman	Senior Policy and Research Officer	July 2020 to November 2020
Ms Sophie Brown	Senior Policy and Research Officer	April 2019 to May 2020
Mr David Butler	Director, Operations	December 2018 to November 2019
Ms Sally Cameron	Executive Assistant	December 2018 to October 2020
Ms Jaina Cao	Senior Policy and Research Officer	February 2020 to July 2020
Mr Mark Carmody	Business Services Officer	February 2019 to November 2020
Mr Tony Gaylard	Project Manager, Policy and Research	September 2019 to February 2020
Ms Sophie Halewood	Principal Policy and Research Officer	February 2019 to December 2019
Ms Christine Howlett	Special Adviser	February 2019 to January 2020
Ms Saba Kapur	Public Enquiries and Hearings Officer	February 2019 to November 2020
Ms Kylie Kilgour	Chief Executive Officer	December 2018 to November 2020
Mr Anthony Lawrie	Special Adviser, Policy and Research	June 2020 to November 2020
Ms Jessica Low	Director, Policy and Research	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Clare Malone	Project Director	December 2018 to September 2020
Mr John Maloney	Consultant, Policy and Research	May 2020 to November 2020
Ms Tracey Matters	Director, Media and Communications	December 2018 to November 2020
Ms Sophie Nevell	Strategic Adviser, Policy and Research	July 2020 to October 2020
Ms Mary Polis	Consultant, Policy and Research	March 2020 to November 2020
Mr Craig Pollitt	Senior Intelligence Analyst	April 2019 to November 2020
Mr Neil Robertson	Consultant, Policy and Research	September 2020 to November 2020
Ms Joanna Rolfe	Principal Policy and Research Officer	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Hana Shahkhan	Senior Policy and Research Officer	March 2019 to June 2020
Ms Rachel Skillington	Senior Policy and Research Officer	April 2019 to February 2020
Ms Lena Sokolic	Senior Policy and Research Officer	April 2019 to March 2020
Mr Michael Stanton	Consultant	April 2020 to November 2020
Mr Michael Stefanovic, AM	Director, Investigations	March 2019 to October 2020
Ms Catherine Tobin	Principal Policy and Research Officer	March 2019 to May 2020
Ms Kirstie Twigg	Assistant Director, Policy and Research	February 2019 to June 2020
Mr Oliver Way	Chief Procurement Officer/Director, Operations	December 2018 to November 2020
Ms Amanda Wilczynski	Principal Policy and Research Officer	January 2020 to September 2020
Ms Helen Wilson	Senior Investigator	April 2019 to July 2020

Counsel Assisting the Commission

Name	Position	Time period
Mr Chris Winneke, QC	Counsel Assisting	January 2019 to October 2020
Ms Penelope Neskovcin, QC	Counsel Assisting	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Megan Tittensor, QC	Counsel Assisting	January 2019 to October 2020
Mr Andrew Woods	Counsel Assisting	January 2019 to October 2020
Mr Sandip Mukerjea	Counsel Assisting	January 2019 to November 2020
Mr Michael Allen	Counsel Assisting	March 2019 to June 2020
Mr Israel Cowen	Counsel Assisting	April 2019 to June 2020
Ms Natalie Kaye	Counsel Assisting	April 2019 to June 2020

Solicitors Assisting the Commission

The Commission was supported by its solicitors from the firm Holding Redlich, Melbourne.

Name	Position	Time period
Ms Alicia Cox	Paralegal	April 2019 to September 2019
Ms Alana Giles	Senior Associate	January 2019 to July 2020
Ms Tamara Gugger	Paralegal	August 2019 to November 2020
Ms Jyoti Haikerwal	Graduate	August 2019 to February 2020
Ms Kylie Hall	Special Counsel	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Gemma Hannah	Lawyer	January 2019 to November 2020
Mr Caleb Hooke	Paralegal	April 2019 to November 2019
Ms Nicola Horrell	Executive Assistant	January 2019 to April 2019
Ms Isabelle Kiss	Paralegal	June 2019 to November 2020
Ms Rana Kurban	Paralegal	May 2019 to October 2020
Ms Trisha Lingard	Associate	January 2019 to November 2020
Mr Benjamin Mann	Paralegal	May 2019 to June 2020
Mr Michael Manoria	Lawyer	September 2019 to November 2020
Mr Harrison Morley	Paralegal	March 2019 to November 2020
Ms Jessica Nelson	Paralegal	March 2019 to August 2019
Mr Alexander Norrish	Lawyer	March 2019 to November 2020
Mr Daniel O’Connor	Lawyer	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Mikaela Ogier-Luxa	Paralegal	September 2019 to June 2020
Mr Liam Price	Paralegal	September 2019 to February 2020
Ms Lucy Prowse	Associate	January 2019 to March 2020
Mr Howard Rapke	Managing Partner	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Tess Simpson	Paralegal	January 2019 to January 2020
Ms Katerina Stevenson	Associate	January 2019 to November 2020
Mr Damian Terbiler	Paralegal	May 2019 to September 2019
Ms Alexandra Tighe	Partner	January 2019 to November 2020
Ms Sophie Timms	Paralegal	January 2019 to January 2020
Ms Nicci Urwin	Senior Legal Assistant	April 2019 to November 2020
Ms Rhiannon Zarro	Lawyer	January 2019 to November 2020

Key suppliers

The Commission thanks its key suppliers.

ASG Group

Caraniche at Work

Complete Office Supplies

Console Concepts

Deloitte Australia

Epiq Australia

Finsbury Green

Graham Nicholas

Holding Redlich

Isentia

Kapish Services

Logical Services

Luminary

RSM Australia

Shearwater Solutions

Single Digital Presence

The Information Access Group

The Streaming Guys

Woo Design Group

Reviewed 08 December 2020

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