I haven't heard much about the inquiry into the sinking of the Sydney but there has been welcome progress on
And yes, they are digging at Flanders, because a large group of Australians killed at Fromelles were unaccounted for in the official documentation of actions and subsequent burials. There is now some possibility that these people were buried in an area unmarked (and thus unrecorded) at the time and there is an archaeological investigation being conducted as I write.

On Oz Radio National news yesterday the excavation at Fromelles (an unmarked burial site from an action in 1916) had uncovered the remains of approximately 40 personnel. Although the excavation was limited in extent, about 20 "Rising Sun" collar badges worn by Australian troops and two British Army insignia buttons were found, confirming the excavation site as containing military burials; it is thought that some 160 Allied troops were buried there by German troops. The excavation is being backfilled and restored and the property owner has donated the site to the relevant govt authority.

Although some remains allowed military affiliation to be ascertained, I gather no personal identification has yet been possible and the next step is for intergovt discussions to determine whether all the remains in the area should be removed to existing War Graves sites for reburial or whether they should remian in situ and the site be declared a War Grave site.

Cheers, Rowan