The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide concluded with the delivery of its Final Report on 9 September 2024. All enquiries should now be directed to the Attorney-General's Department. See the contact page for more information.

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Practice guidelines

Document Management Protocol

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This document explains how to provide documents to the Royal Commission and the format required.

Practice Guideline 1

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This Practice Guideline relates to the conduct of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Practice Guideline 2

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This Practice Guideline relates to the conduct of public hearings of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Practice Guideline 3

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This Practice Guideline sets out the way the Commission will receive and consider claims of legal professional privilege with respect to documents and other communications sought under a summons or a notice to produce.

Practice Guideline 4

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This Practice Guideline relates to applications for non-publication of documents or materials produced to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Practice Guideline 5

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This Practice Guideline relates to the conduct of public hearings of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Practice Guideline 6

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This Practice Guideline is about the conduct of private sessions by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Practice Guideline 7

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This Practice Guideline relates to the corrections or amendments to evidence provided by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and the process for producing certain classified documents to the Commission.