Notable Case
The most notable case was that relating to the Gretley colliery, near Newcastle, where four men were killed when their mining machine broke into the flooded workings of an old coalmine, abandoned over 80 years earlier. The inquiry was held by his Honour Jim Staunton, former chief judge of the District Court of New South Wales, who was appointed to be an acting judge of the Court for this inquiry.
The inquiry was notable for its early use of technology to display information electronically in the court room.
Previously, the last judicial inquiry into a coalmining disaster was held in respect of the Appin explosion in 1979, under the previous Coal Mines Regulation Act 1912, which was held by Judge Goran.
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