The trade union royal commission has come in under budget by $11 million dollars, as commissioner Dyson Heydon prepares to hand up his final report on the two-year inquiry.
The Tony Abbott-instigated royal commission issued an announcement on Friday that it's cost up to November 30 came to $45.905 - under its funding of $57 million.
The estimated budget for the commission was $61 million including the costs of its Australian Federal Police taskforce.
Mr Heydon will give his final report to Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove by December 31 but the timing of the public release of the document will be at the discretion of the federal government.
Since starting on March 13, 2014 the royal commission has heard evidence from 525 witnesses in hearings around the country.
In his interim report in 2014, Mr Heydon referred 26 people to 11 agencies for consideration of charges.
To date about nine people have been charged with various offences arising from the commission's investigations, including giving false evidence, intimidation of public officers and blackmail.
A charge of blackmail against construction union official and former football star John Lomax was dropped by prosecutors when the matter went to court in October.
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