Who works for the Commission of Inquiry
Commissioner – Stuart John Wood AM KC
Stuart Wood AM KC was appointed the Commissioner by the Governor In Council on 1 August 2025. Mr Wood has extensive experience as a leading Australian advocate and over the last 30 years he has appeared in cases covering a range of fields, such as: abuse of process; academic freedom; constitutional law; contempt; contract; employment law; judicial immunity; procedure; statutory construction; strike law and tort. He has appeared in the High Court of Australia, Federal Court, and Supreme Courts in thousands of cases over that time.
Mr Wood took silk in 2011 and was appointed as one of His Majesty’s counsel in 2014. In 2019, he was appointed to the Order of Australia for “significant service to the legal profession, particularly in the area of industrial relations.”
Secretary – Bob Gee
Robert (Bob) Gee APM has served as a Director-General across five departments including youth justice, employment, small business and training, and primary industries. He has served the community of Queensland for 40 years and was previously a police officer for over 33 years, serving as the Deputy Police Commissioner and State Disaster Coordinator. Bob has been a member of various boards including the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and Chair of the Family Responsibilities Board. He has diverse professional experience, having worked in central agencies, as a university lecturer, and as a consultant across various industries. Additionally, he has held roles as a Chief Information Officer and served as a Commissioned Officer of Police for more than 20 years. Bob was a recipient of the Harvard Club of Australia Sir James Wolfensohn Scholarship in 2013.
Counsel Assisting – Liam Kelly KC
Liam Kelly KC appears predominantly in complex commercial disputes in courts in Australia and in international arbitrations. He has appeared in and worked in arbitrations in Brisbane, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, London and Houston. Mr Kelly holds permanent chambers in Australia and is an associate member of Gerard Brennan Chambers in Brisbane, from which he worked most of his career, a member of New Chambers in Sydney, and a member of Maxwell 42 in Singapore. He has been repeatedly listed in Best Lawyers top lawyers in litigation and in ‘Bet the Company in Litigation’.
Counsel Assisting – Kate Juhasz
Kate Juhasz practised as a solicitor in criminal law and served as a senior lawyer at the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry before being called to the Bar in 2012. She was appointed to the Administrative Appeal Tribunal in 2016 and sat as a sessional member for seven years in conjunction with varied work at the Bar including disciplinary, regulatory, and criminal work. Ms Juhasz maintains an extensive criminal practice and is an experienced trial advocate. She is an active member of the Bar Association of Queensland’s Criminal Law Committee.
Counsel Assisting – Polina Kinchina
Polina Kinchina has a broad practice including commercial, regulatory, and criminal matters. She has been briefed by prosecutorial and regulatory bodies, including the CDPP, AFP, and ASIC, in complex and high-profile matters. Her practice includes matters involving foreign bribery, criminal enterprises, terrorism offences, breaches of director’s duties, insolvent trading, taxation, and workplace health and safety offences. She has experience working with technical expert evidence, including forensic accounting evidence relating to large corporate structures, and information technology evidence such as encrypted communications. She practised as a solicitor in civil litigation before being called to the Bar in 2015.