The institutions of the state and those individuals, and/or groups, who manage and/or operate within them are engaged in ongoing production of information and knowledge. These information/knowledge production processes and structures can operate anywhere along a continuum of overt to covert, helping to shape the cultures, systems and societies in which they are situated. Official discourse is a generic label for the information and knowledge that is produced. At any given time, there may be a multitude of mechanisms of official discourse at work in any jurisdiction that are shaped by prevailing political, economic, social, cultural and historical influences. This article considers royal commissions of inquiry, a mechanism of official discourse that has been popular in some of the jurisdictions that were a part of the British Empire and which continue to be influenced by British legal traditions. The analysis is limited to Australia, in particular, to the recent Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry chaired by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, which sat throughout 2018. This article discusses its effects as a mechanism of official discourse.

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海恩皇家委员会——只是另一篇官方言论？

国家机构和那些管理和/或在其中运作的个人和/或团体从事信息和知识的持续生产。这些信息/知识生产过程和结构可以沿着公开到隐蔽的连续体在任何地方运行，有助于塑造它们所处的文化、系统和社会。官方话语是所产生的信息和知识的通用标签。在任何特定时间，任何司法管辖区都可能有多种官方话语机制在发挥作用，这些机制受到普遍的政治、经济、社会、文化和历史影响。本文考虑了皇家调查委员会，一种官方话语机制，在作为大英帝国一部分并继续受到英国法律传统影响的一些司法管辖区中很受欢迎。分析仅限于澳大利亚，特别是最近由肯尼思·海恩专员主持的银行、养老金和金融服务业不当行为皇家委员会，该委员会在整个 2018 年都坐了下来。本文讨论了其作为官方话语机制的影响。