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The Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia was held from 1926-1928. It explored a series of issues to do with the Australian film industry, with evidence given by a number of leading figures at the time including Franklyn Barrett, Gayne Dexter, Paulette McDonagh, Stuart F. Doyle, William Gibson, Raymond Longford^[1] and Louise Lovely. It made a number of recommendations but it's ultimate impact was limited.^[2]

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^ "FILM COMMISSION". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 29 November 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

^ Pike, A & Cooper, R Australian Film 1900–1977, 1st edn, rev. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998 p 87

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to inquire into and report upon the circumstances associated with the retirement of Lieutenant-Commander Alan Dermot Casey from the Royal Australian Navy (1934)
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to inquire into and report upon certain transactions of the Sydney Land Sales Control Office, and the Canberra Land Sales Control Office of the Treasury (1947)
to inquire into certain transactions in relation to timber rights in the Territory of Papua-New Guinea (1949)

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on the Port Augusta to Alice Springs Railway (1951–1952)
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onespionage (1954–1955)

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on alleged improper practices and improper refusal to co-operate with the Victoria Police Force on the part of persons employed in the Postmaster-General's Department in Victoria in relation to illegal gambling (1962–1963)
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of Inquiry into transport to and from Tasmania (1974–1976)
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