Cole Inquiry AWB hearings resume

Inquiry hearings resumed  on Tuesday 26 September 2006 (see transcript) and are expected to finish this week.

As a result of the Federal Court  judgment, approximately 350 documents which had been the subject of a claim for legal professional privilege have been released and have been made available to the inquiry by AWB.

The Commission has produced a folder entitled "Compilation of Legal Advices and Instructions" from that material which will be the basis for questioning witnesses this week (including some who previously gave evidence which may have been inconsistent with the documents).