Edward Picton "Ted" Mullighan, QC (25 March 1939 – 16 September 2011) was an Australian judge. He was known for his role as Commissioner of the Government of South Australia' Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry from 2004 to 2008.
Mullighan practised law from 1962, was made Queen's Counsel in 1978,[1] and was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 1989. He was a member of the Commonwealth Legal Aid Review Committee, President of the Law Society of South Australia, and co-chair of Reconciliation SA.[citation needed]
The Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry was initiated in November 2004 under the terms of the Commission of Inquiry (Children in State Care) Act 2004,[2] amended by the Commission of Inquiry (Children in State Care and Children on APY Lands) Act 2004[3] which stipulated an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of children under state guardianship, as well as allegations of criminal conduct resulting in the death of children in care. Its final report (also known as "the Mullighan Report") was published in March 2008.[2][4][5][6]
Mullighan died on 16 September 2011 in Adelaide, aged 72.[7]
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