Submitter: Janet Simpson

Community: Victoria

Date Submitted: December 13, 2023

Summary:

The hearings on ISAv should be live streamed.

Submission:

I understand the Cohen Commission is refusing to allow live-streaming of this public inquiry.

This a public inquiry into a public resource. We are paying for the court time, the lawyers, the judge and the salaries of some of the people on the stand. It is open only to the public who can afford to make the trip. Why can’t everyone listen in as they did earlier this year? Why don’t the people living away from where the hearings are held have the right to listen to the proceedings.

Please reconsider.