Since the early 1920s there have been nine official inquiries in Western Australia (WA) which have examined a number of aspects of the operation of the State's liquor licensing laws:

• Royal Commission on Licensing Act (1922)
• Parliamentary Committee Into the Liquor Licensing Act (1958)
• Inquiry Into the Licensing Act (1969)
• Liquor Laws Royal Commission (1984)
• Liquor Act 1970 Review (1987)
• Independent Review of Liquor Licensing (1994)
• Review of Liquor Licensing Act (1995)
• Independent Review of the Liquor Licensing Act (2005)
• Assessment of Impacts of Liquor Licensing Reforms (2005)

Click here to view a list of the names & dates of the political parties which have held government in WA from December 1890 (when the state obtained responsible government from being British colony) to identify the context when each inquiry was held.

Royal Commission on Licensing Act 1911 (1922)

Click here to view or download a PDF version (2.1Mb) of the report of the McCallum Royal Commission.

Parliamentary Committee Into the Liquor Licensing Act 1911 (1958)

Click here to view or download a PDF version (1.8Mb) of the report of the Heenan Parliamentary Inquiry.

Inquiry Into the Licensing Act 1911 (1969)

Click here to view or download a PDF version (6.7Mb) of the report of the Adams Inquiry.

Royal Commission Into Liquor Laws (1984)

Click here to view or download a PDF version (2.8Mb) of the report of the Syme Royal Commission.