Victoria’s truth-telling inquiry will be delayed due to the state government’s failure to produce the requested documents on time.
During last week’s hearing, lawyers for the government conceded the delays would affect the commission’s ability to provide an interim and final report within its own deadlines.
On Tuesday morning, Victorian Lieutenant Governor James Angus issued a two-month extension to the Yoorrook inquiry’s second interim report to August 2023.
A further interim report is to be handed down in December, 2024, and the inquiry’s final report will now be handed down twelve months later than planned, on June 30, 2025….