The NSW RSL will be the subject of a royal commission-style inquiry with powers to compel witnesses to appear and seize evidence, with state Charities Minister Matt Kean today announcing the Government will create the most wide-ranging probe ever to hit the venerable institution. The inquiry, to be headed by former NSW Supreme Court justice Patricia Bergin SC, follows allegations of rorting and embezzlement at the RSL’s NSW branch. Those allegations have already sparked a NSW police fraud investigation and an inquiry by Australia’s charities watchdog. “We will get to the bottom of these allegations once and for all,” Mr Kean said.
