Peter Henry Goldsmith,Baron Goldsmith,,is a British barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 2001 and 2007. His resignation,announced on 22 June 2007,took effect on 27 June,the same day that Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped down. Goldsmith was the longest serving Labour attorney general. He is currently a partner and head of European litigation practice at US law firm Debevoise &Plimpton and Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.
A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies. They have been held in the United Kingdom,Australia,Canada,New Zealand,Norway,Malaysia,Mauritius and Saudi Arabia. A royal commission is similar in function to a commission of inquiry found in other countries such as Ireland,South Africa,and Hong Kong. It has considerable powers,generally greater even than those of a judge but restricted to the terms of reference of the commission. These powers include subpoenaing witnesses,taking evidence under oath and requesting documents.
The Centrelink Master Program,or more commonly known as Centrelink,is a Services Australia master program of the Australian Government. It delivers a range of government payments and services for retirees,the unemployed,families,carers,parents,people with disabilities,Indigenous Australians,students,apprentices and people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds,and provides services at times of major change. The majority of Centrelink's services are the disbursement of social security payments.
Political leaders of the US and UK who led the arguments which resulted in the invasion of Iraq have claimed that the war was legal. However,legal experts,including the chairman of the Iraq Inquiry,John Chilcot,who led an investigation with hearings from 24 November 2009 to 2 February 2011,concluded that the process of identifying the legal basis for the invasion of Iraq was unsatisfactory and that the actions of the US and the UK have undermined the authority of the United Nations.
Kenneth Ross Henry is an Australian economist and public servant who served as the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury from 2001 to 2011.
Stuart Rowland Robert is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Employment,Workforce,Skills,Small and Family Business from 2021 to 2022,following his appointment as Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2019. He was also appointed Acting Minister for Education and Youth in December 2021 and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fadden upon winning the seat at the 2007 federal election,until his resignation in May 2023.
Ombudsmen in Australia are independent agencies who assist when a dispute arises between individuals and industry bodies or government agencies. Government ombudsman services are free to the public,like many other ombudsman and dispute resolution services,and are a means of resolving disputes outside of the court systems. Australia has an ombudsman assigned for each state;as well as an ombudsman for the Commonwealth of Australia. As laws differ between states just one process,or policy,cannot be used across the Commonwealth. All government bodies are within the jurisdiction of the ombudsman.
An ombudsman,ombud,ombuds,bud,ombudswoman,ombudsperson or public advocate is an official who is usually appointed by the government or by parliament to investigate complaints and attempt to resolve them,usually through recommendations or mediation.
Sir William Kennedy Reid KCB is a retired civil servant who was Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England,Scotland and Wales between 1990 and 1996.
Frances Jennifer Adamson,is an Australian public servant and diplomat who is the 36th Governor of South Australia,in office since 7 October 2021. She previously served as Australian Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2015 and as secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2016 to 2021.
The Treasury of New South Wales,branded NSW Treasury,a department of the New South Wales Government,is responsible for state financial management policy and reporting,and providing advice to the government on economic conditions and issues in New South Wales,Australia. NSW Treasury was established in April 1824 and is the oldest continuing government agency in Australia.
The Department of Social Services (DSS) is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help deliver a strong and fair society for all Australians. The department develops and implements social policy.
The Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program was a Royal Commission established by the Australian government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902 (Cth) to inquire into the matters that may have arisen from the development and implementation of the Australian government's Home Insulation Program. The establishment of the commission followed the death of four workers who died in separate incidents that may have been attributed to the failure to identify and manage the workplace health and safety and other risks associated with the implementation and management of the Program. The Royal Commission inquired into and reported on the deaths,serious injuries and impacts on longstanding home insulation businesses alleged to have arisen from the Program.
Dr Gordon John de Brouwer is a senior Australian public servant serving as Australian Public Service Commissioner since 11 May 2023. Prior to this,he was the Secretary for Public Sector Reform from 2022 to 2023,and previously Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy from 2016 to 2017.
Renée Elmina Leon is a former senior Australian public servant. From 18 September 2017 until February 2020,she had been Secretary of the Department of Human Services,which is now known as Services Australia. In August 2021,she became Vice Chancellor of Charles Sturt University.
Kathryn Jane Campbell,is a former Australian public servant and a former senior officer in the Australian Army Reserve.
The Royal Commission into Violence,Abuse,Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is a royal commission established on 4 April 2019 by the Australian government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902. The Honourable Ronald Sackville,who serves as Chair of the Royal Commission,The Honourable Roslyn Atkinson,Ms Barbara Bennett,Dr Rhonda Galbally,Ms Andrea Mason,Mr Alastair McEwin,and The Honourable John Ryan currently serve as Royal Commissioners.
The Robodebt scheme was an unlawful method of automated debt assessment and recovery implemented under the Liberal-National Coalition governments of Tony Abbott,Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison,and employed by the Australian government agency,Services Australia,as part of its Centrelink payment compliance program. Put in place in July 2016 and announced to the public in December of the same year,the scheme aimed to replace the formerly manual system of calculating overpayments and issuing debt notices to welfare recipients with an automated data-matching system that compared Centrelink records with averaged income data from the Australian Taxation Office.
The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme is a royal commission established on 18 August 2022 by the Australian Government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902. The Royal Commissioner,Catherine Holmes,released her report on 7 July 2023.
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