Sam Kozlowski

I'm Sam Kozlowski.

So Zara, today's the final day in this first block of testimonies in the Royal Commission.

I want to start this episode a couple of months ago, perhaps, and actually look at the origins of this Royal Commission.

Set the scene for me of how we got to this point.

And just remind me of the other investigations that were taking place that have now been superseded by this commission.

So there were kind of like, you know, five different areas, let's say, of this Royal Commission, one of which was this existing review.

And so that work is all kind of now happening in the background in terms of that aspect of the commission's scope?

And so give me a sense then of...

Kind of what the Royal Commission is hoping to achieve if you're saying that there's the security and intelligence view later, this first block has been about lived experience.

What's the overall goal here and the function and also the reach of a Royal Commission?

Some really varied topics there in terms of what Royal Commissions have historically covered, but it seems that the common thread through all of them is some just incredibly big questions and ones that do take a lot of time and energy to answer.

I want to ask you then specifically about what we heard over the last couple of weeks.

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So Zara, you were telling me about how these Royal Commissions can often take a lot of time.

Yeah.

It's not the case here though, right?

I mean, this one's been pretty quick.

So we're comparing a four-year commission to a one-year commission.

Okay, so the interim report was handed down a couple of weeks ago.

We weren't at the stage then of actually having hearings start yet.