Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On 23 June 2017, the President of the Senate and I advised the houses that we had decided to approve the publication of the class A records of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of the late Justice Lionel Keith Murphy. The class A records are those relating specifically to Justice Murphy's conduct.

We advised that, after a number of processes had been completed, the records would be released on 24 July.

On 20 July, the President of the Senate and I issued a press release advising that the processes we had agreed to were taking longer than expected and there would be a delay in the publication of the records.

Those processes have now been completed, and the President of the Senate and I will table the records in our respective houses at 9.30 am this Thursday, 14 September. The records will be published soon afterwards on the Australian Parliament House website under the authority of the standing orders of each house.