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TO: ALL S'I~

The Ccmnission has adjourned hearing· today.

2. It will resume on Tuesday 5 August until Thursday 7 August; and on the following week Tuesday 12 August until Friday 15 August 1986 (all days inclusive).

J F Thanson Secretary

31 July 1986

To: All Staff

Commission Hearings- Timetable

The Commission adjourned yesterday until Thursday 31 July, which has been set down as a return day for subpoenaed documents. After that, the next hearings will commence on Tuesday S August and 90 through until, probably, Friday 8 August.

2 . The hearing by the High Court of substantive issues raised by Mr Justice Murphy in his proceedings against the members of the Commission and the Attorney-General will take place on 6 and 7 August, in Canberra. Mr Robertson and Mrs Sharp will attend.

J f Thomson Secretary

2S July 1986

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MIN'lJIE

.Further ffearing by the camdssion

The Ccrimssion ,, ljoomed t..oclay 17 July -untn 10 er: , r Tuesday 22 July. It. is likely that the resumed hearin<J will CJO over 23 July until abon~ noon on 24 July (subject to d~vt..lo;.ments in +-he oourF..e of the I.M-cj I c). i £tar that , t-ht; ea... a.1. •• .;,ion will resume on ~.edne;;;c-lay 30 Jul~ and thereafter sit 4 aay~ each \teek until the taking of •~d(...1ce .i..s canplete. It is r.ul St:ttled -; t \.\i1et.her the CCfflid.a-.ion will sit Ncnday-'Ii ursday or 'l\iesday-Frl ay - this r:ay va.i-y £ran tJ.n? ~.o tiloo tin.-1 will be n. t.1.1 i ed.

2. Woul.o you ens\.tre the usual arrangements please..

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The Secretary ,

AUST RAL IAN S ENATE CANBE RRA , A.C .T .

Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry

28 May 1986

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS

Enclosed for your information is an extract from Journals of the Senate No. 106 , dated 27 May 1986 , relating to the appointment of members to the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry .

Also enclosed is a copy of message notifying Royal Assent Commission of Inquiry Act 1986.

t he Governor- General's to the Parliamenta.E.Y

(P.N . MURDOCH} Clerk- Assistant

Table Office

Message No}

Proposed law intituled:

Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry Act 1986

as finally passed by the Senate and the House of

Representatives of the Commonwealth, having been presented to the

Governor-General for the Royal Assent, His Excellency has, in the

name of Her Majesty, assented to the said law.

Government House,

canberra.

1 3 WA'< 1986

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

TIIESENATE

Extract from JOURNALS OF THE SENA TE

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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY-APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER · Message from the House of Representatives: The following Message from the

House of Representatives was reported: MR PRESIDENT, Message No. 337

The House of Representatives acquaints the Senate of the following Resolution which was agreed to by the House of Representatives this day:

That, in accordance with section 4 of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry Act 1986-(a) the Honourable Sir George Hermann Lush, the Honourable Sir Richard

Arthur Blackburn and the Honourable William Andrew Wells be appointed members of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, and

(b) The Honourable Sir George Hermann Lush be appointed the Presiding Member.

House of Representatives, JOAN CHILD, Canberra, 20 May 1986 Speaker

The Manager of Government Business (Senator Grimes), by leave, moved- That, in accordance with section 4 of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry Act /986-(a) the Honourable Sir George Hermann Lush, the Honourable Sir Richard

Arthur Blackburn and the Honourable William Andrew Wells be appointed members of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, and

(b) The Honourable Sir George Hermann Lush be appointed the Presiding Member.

Debate ensued. Question- put and passed.

File Note

Mr Masselos, solicitor for Murphy J., telephoned today at 9.55 to say that they had no objection to the 2 documents sought to be tendered by Mr Charles during the hearing yesterday going straight to the Carmissioo ( the docwient.s concemed are Part 2 of the stewart Rep)rt. and a letter dated 25 Marc:h. 1986 signed by stewart J. to Mm'phy J . - see transcript-in-confidence, 'l'uesday 3 June 1986 pp 33 ff.

F:ran bis viewpoint, there is no need for a hearing on Wednesday 11 June 1986.

4 June 1986

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Sir Geoxge IJ\1Sh

Mr Charles

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