00:00Examining the ways in which we might strengthen social cohesion in Australia
00:06could well be the work of years, not months.
00:10I am required to deliver my final report to the Governor-General
00:14and the Governors of the States,
00:17not later than the first anniversary of the Bondi massacre.
00:22The process of document production by some recipients of notices
00:27is not presently where we would like it to be.
00:30Commissioner, in light of the very timeline
00:33within which you are required to inquire and report,
00:37it is appropriate for you, in my submission,
00:41not to countenance any delay at all in the production of documents
00:44or witness statements that are required to be produced.
00:47The Royal Commission's Act 1902 of the Commonwealth
00:51and relevant State-equivalent legislation
00:53contain ample powers to require the attendance of witnesses
00:57to explain any delay.
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