Crime and Corruption Commission

This article is about the Queensland agency. For the Western Australia agency, see Corruption and Crime Commission.

Crime and Corruption Commission
Commission overview
Formed1 January 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-01)
Preceding agencies
  • Criminal Justice Commission
  • Queensland Crime Commission
JurisdictionQueensland
Headquarters515 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley
MottoFighting crime and promoting integrity in Queensland
Employees335 [1]
Annual budget$64.9 million [1]
Commission executive
  • Bruce Barbour, Acting Chairperson
Key document
Websiteccc.qld.gov.au

The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) is an independent[2] Queensland Government integrity agency created to combat and reduce the incidence of major crime and to continuously improve the integrity of, and to reduce the incidence of misconduct in, the Queensland public sector.[3] Formerly the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) 2002–2014. The CCC also has a witness protection function.[4] The commission was established on 1 January 2002,[5][6][7] when the former Criminal Justice Commission and the Queensland Crime Commission were merged into a single entity under the name Crime and Misconduct Commission.[6]

The CCC has investigative powers, not ordinarily available to the police service, for the purposes of enabling the commission to effectively investigate particular cases of major crime.[8] The CCC also has the power to investigate cases of misconduct in the Queensland public sector, particularly the more serious cases of misconduct.[8]

The CCC is itself accountable to the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[9][10]

As the successor to the Criminal Justice Commission, the misconduct functions of the CCC exist primarily as a consequence of the Fitzgerald Inquiry Royal Commission findings of long-term, systemic political corruption, police corruption and abuse of power in Queensland.[11]

  1. ^ a b Crime and Corruption Commission Annual Report 2020–21 (PDF) (Report). Crime and Corruption Commission.
  2. ^ Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 57. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 4. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  4. ^ Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 56 Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  5. ^ Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 2. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 220. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  7. ^ Crime and Misconduct Act 2001: Proclamation. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  8. ^ a b Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 5 Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  9. ^ Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 292. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  10. ^ Queensland Parliament establishes new committee system[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.
  11. ^ Fitzgerald, G.E. Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.