The Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess will hold public and private hearings in Sydney.
At its hearings, the Commission will hear from people identified by Counsel Assisting to appear as a witness and give evidence. People who are expected to appear as witnesses will be contacted by the Commission in advance of the relevant hearing.
The Commission’s public hearings are recorded and streamed live on the Commission’s website. A link to the livestream and recordings of past hearings is below.
In accordance with current health advice concerning the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, members of the media and the general public will not be able to attend the Commission’s hearings in person.
View the live stream of the hearings
Hearing schedule
The Special Commission will hold further public hearings on the following dates:
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Week commencing 9 June 2020 |
9 - 10 June 2020 |
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Week commencing 15 June 2020 |
15 – 19 June 2020 |
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Week commencing 22 June 2020 |
22 and 23 June 2020 26 June 2020 |
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Week commencing 29 June 2020 |
29 June 2020 |
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Week commencing 6 July 2020 |
N/A |
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Week commencing 13 July 2020 |
15 July 2020 17 July 2020 |
Further information regarding the hearing schedule will be available in due course.
- Witness list for public hearings in the week commencing 4 May 2020
- Witness list for public hearings in the week commencing 11 May 2020
- Witness list for public hearings in the week commencing 15 June 2020
Transcripts
Transcripts of the Commission’s public hearings are published here as soon as they are available.
- Hearing transcript - 22 April 2020
- Hearing transcript - 23 April 2020
- Hearing transcript - 1 May 2020
- Hearing transcript - 5 May 2020
- Opening Statement of Counsel Assisting – 5 May 2020
- Hearing transcript - 6 May 2020
- Hearing transcript - 8 May 2020
- Hearing transcript - 11 May 2020
- Hearing transcript - 9 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 10 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 15 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 16 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 17 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 18 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 19 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 22 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 23 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 26 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 29 June 2020
- Hearing transcript - 15 July 2020
- Hearing transcript - 17 July 2020
Submissions of parties authorised to appear at the Special Commission
- Submissions for NSW Health dated 13 July 2020
- Submissions for the Port Authority of NSW dated 13 July 2020
- Submissions for Princess Cruises Lines Ltd and Carnival plc trading as Carnival Australia dated 13 July 2020
- Submissions for International Transport Workers' Federation and affiliate unions dated 13 July 2020
- Supplementary submissions for Princess Cruise Lines Ltd and Carnival plc trading as Carnival Australia dated 31 July 2020
- Supplementary submissions for NSW Health dated 31 July 2020
Exhibits
Exhibits will be published shortly after they are tendered.
- Exhibit List
- Exhibits 1-15 (tendered on 5 May 2020)
- Exhibit 16 (tendered on 5 May 2020)
- Exhibits 17-20 (tendered on 6 May 2020)
- Exhibit 21 (tendered on 6 May 2020)
- Exhibit 22 (tendered on 8 May 2020)
- Exhibit 23 (tendered 8 May 2020)
- Exhibit 24 (tendered 8 May 2020)
- Exhibit 25 (tendered on 11 May 2020)
- Exhibit 26 (tendered on 11 May 2020)
- Exhibit 27 (tendered on 11 May 2020)
- Exhibit 28 (tendered on 9 June 2020)
- Exhibit 29 - Tabs 1-20 - (tendered on 9 June 2020)
- Exhibit 29 - Tabs 21-40 - (tendered on 9 June 2020)
- Exhibit 29 - Tabs 41-50 - (tendered on 9 June 2020)
- Exhibit 29 - Tabs 51-53 - (tendered on 9 June 2020)
- Exhibit 29 - Tabs 54-57 - (tendered on 9 June 2020)
- Exhibit 30 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 31 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 32 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 33 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 34 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 35 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 36 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 37 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 38 (tendered on 10 June 2020)
- Exhibit 39 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 40 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 41 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 42 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 43 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 44 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 45 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 46 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 47 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 48 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 49 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 50 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 51 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 52 (tendered on 15 June 2020)
- Exhibit 53 (tendered on 17 June 2020)
- Exhibit 54 (tendered on 17 June 2020)
- Exhibit 55 (tendered on 17 June 2020)
- Exhibit 56 (tendered on 17 June 2020)
- Exhibit 57 (tendered on 18 June 2020)
- Exhibit 57 Annexures to the statement of Dr Jeremy McAnulty (1-40)
- Exhibit 57 Annexures to the statement of Dr Jeremy McAnulty (41-48)
- Exhibit 57 Annexures to the statement of Dr Jeremy McAnulty (49-58)
- Exhibit 58 (tendered on 18 June 2020)
- Exhibit 58 Annexures to the second statement of Dr Jeremy McAnulty (1-12)
- Exhibit 58 Annexures to the second statement of Dr Jeremy McAnulty (13-26)
- Exhibit 59 (tendered on 18 June 2020)
- Exhibit 60 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 61 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 62 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 63 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 64 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 65 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 66 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 67 (tendered on 19 June 2020)
- Exhibit 68 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 69 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 69 (audio recording)
- Exhibit 70 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 70 (audio recording)
- Exhibit 71 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 72 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 73 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 74 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 75 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 76 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 77 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 78 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 79 (tendered on 22 June 2020)
- Exhibit 80 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 81 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 82 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 83 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 84 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 85 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 85 (audio recording of 14 March 2020)
- Exhibit 85 (audio recording of 15 March 2020)
- Exhibit 85 (audio recording of 16 March 2020)
- Exhibit 85 (audio recording of 16 March 2020)
- Exhibit 85 (audio recording of 17 March 2020)
- Exhibit 86 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 87 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 88 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 89 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 90 (tendered on 23 June 2020)
- Exhibit 91 (tendered on 26 June 2020)
- Exhibit 92 (tendered on 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 93 (tendered on 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 94 (tendered on 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 95 (tendered on 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 97 (tendered on 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 98 (tendered on 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 99 (tendered 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 100 (tendered 29 June 2020)
- Exhibit 101 (tendered 8 July 2020)
- Exhibit 102 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 103 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 103 - pages 55-127
- Exhibit 104 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 105 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 106 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 106 - pages 81-195
- Exhibit 107 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 109 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 110 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 111 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 112 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 113 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 114 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 114 - Part 1 - Documents 1-16 accompanying Commonwealth Statement
- Exhibit 114 - Part 2 - Documents 17-22 accompanying Commonwealth Statement
- Exhibit 114 - Part 3 - Documents 23-40 accompanying Commonwealth Statement
- Exhibit 114 - Part 4 - Document 40 (pp. 80 onwards) accompanying Commonwealth Statement
- Exhibit 114 - Part 5 - Documents 41-70 accompanying Commonwealth Statement
- Exhibit 114 - Part 6 - Documents 71-95 accompanying Commonwealth Statement
- Exhibit 115 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 116 (tendered on 15 July 2020)
- Exhibit 117 (tendered on 17 July 2020)
- Exhibit 118 (tendered on 17 July 2020)
- Exhibit 119 (tendered on 17 July 2020)
- Exhibit 120 (tendered on 31 July 2020)
- Exhibit 121 (tendered on 31 July 2020)
- Exhibit 122 (tendered on 31 July 2020)
- Exhibit 124 (tendered on 3 August 2020)
- Exhibit 125 (tendered on 4 August 2020)
- Exhibit 126 (tendered on 3 August 2020