sentence and, in 2012, was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 26 years in jail after the Victorian Supreme Court judge who sentenced him declined to hear the prosecution submission. In 2020 Zirilli applied for leave to appeal his conviction, citing a substantial miscarriage of justice. In applying for bail whilst his appeal was being prepared it was argued that Zirilli would not have plead guilty if he had known that Gobbo was an informer, it would likely take at least 12 months for the appeal, and the fact that the Victoria Police would not have known about him without information provided by Gobbo. The application for bail was denied as the prospect of a successful appeal were deemed to be no more than "reasonable". John Higgs was sentenced to jail for 18 years for his part in the attempted importation of 15million pills of ecstasy. In January 2012 Higgs submitted an appeal to the Court of Appeal and in April applied for bail whilst his appeal was being considered arguing that the trail was compromised due to the lack of independence in the advice that Higgs received from Gobbo whilst acting as his solicitor however the bail application was refused based on the likelihood of success of his appeal. Kevin Armstrong who represented the director of public prosecutions argued that there was no disadvantage as Gobbo did not appear in court on behalf of Higgs. Salvatore Agresta, who was originally sentenced to 12years in prison with a 8year non-parole period, was released on bail on 14December 2020 by the Victorian Court of Appeal as he had already completed the non-parole period of his sentence. Agresta's appeal is complicated by the fact that he had the sentence combined with that of an additional drug related conviction. Reaction As information was made public before and during the Royal Commission there was widespread discussion in public comment and scholarly publications. When the Royal Commission was announced the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Commissioner, Robert Redlich, announced support for the enquiry with the broader powers available. Redlich also noted that the outcome of the Royal Commission could be expected to add to the workload of IBAC and consequently require increased funding but it lacks the powers it needs to fully investigate police officers. Matt Collins, President of the Victorian Bar expressed the opinion that "It would be wrong, and