Public Outrage, Media Spectacle and the Kapunda Road Royal Commission

McCarthy, Greg

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8500.2008.00574.x

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“…This is the very issue that a royal commission seeks to overcome. It is what drives public demands for the appointment of such external reviews (McCarthy 2008:30–33).…”

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The Queensland Health Royal Commissions

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2010

Aust J Public Adm

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Utilisation of public inquiries and royal commissions in Westminster systems of government is a source of continuing interest. That royal commissions continue to be appointed when there is an increasing array of other institutions governments can now employ and given that royal commission reports often have very adverse impacts on the appointing governments, remains a key issue. So the appointment by the Queensland government of not one, but two royal commissions in 2005 into the same topic -the recruitment and performance of doctors recruited abroad working in Queensland public hospitals -provides a special opportunity to analyse the circumstances in which a royal commission mechanism is activated. That one of these royal commissions had to be disbanded because of legal action taken by several of those being investigated is another reason to assess these royal commissions. This is almost without precedent in Australia and has implications for the future conduct of such bodies. Lastly, how the Queensland government was able to minimise the blame from the subsequent royal commission's highly critical report, is also instructive and worthy of assessment.

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“…This is the very issue that a royal commission seeks to overcome. It is what drives public demands for the appointment of such external reviews (McCarthy 2008:30–33).…”

Section: Appointing the Davies Commissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Queensland Health Royal Commissions

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2010

Aust J Public Adm

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Public Outrage, Media Spectacle and the Kapunda Road Royal Commission

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