The final report of the Commission of Investigation examining sexual abuse perpetrated by Bill Kenneally, and how complaints about his crimes were handled by authorities, has been completed.

According to The Journal, a final draft report has been sent to the Minister and Secretary General at the Department of Justice by Commission Chairman Michael White.

Kenneally, a former sports coach was sentenced in 2016 to fourteen years in prison for abusing ten boys from 1984 to 1987.

In May 2023, Kenneally also received a four-and-a-half-year sentence for abusing five boys between December 1979 and March 1990.

Chaired by former high court judge Michael White, the Commission of Investigation examining how state agencies and organisations handled reports of Kenneally's crimes started in 2018 and began hearing evidence in public in 2024.

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan will now decide when to publish the report.

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