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Criminal Justice Commission (Queensland)
The Criminal Justice Commission was established in 1989 by the ''Queensland Criminal Justice Act 1989'', following widespread corruption amongst high-level Queensland politicians and police officers being uncovered in the Fitzgerald Inquiry. It has since merged in 2002 with the Queensland Crime Commission to form the Crime and Misconduct Commission. The Criminal Justice Commission was the direct precursor body for the oversight functions of the Crime and Misconduct Commission, however where the Crime and Misconduct Commission has authority over all areas of the Queensland Public Service the Criminal Justice Commission was limited to the oversight of the Queensland Police Service. The Criminal Justice Commission was responsible for significant research into the Queensland Police Service. Further it released a series of research papers on a variety of aspects of Crime in Queensland. Commissioners * Sir Max Bingham (1989–1990) * John Western John Stuart Western (16 March 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Criminal Justice Act 1989
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Fitzgerald Inquiry
The Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct (the Fitzgerald Inquiry; 1987–1989) into Queensland Police corruption was a judicial inquiry presided over by Tony Fitzgerald QC. The inquiry resulted in the resignation of Queensland's premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the calling of two by-elections, the jailing of three former ministers and the Police Commissioner (who also lost his knighthood). It also contributed to the end of the National Party of Australia's 32-year run as the governing political party in Queensland. History The inquiry was established in response to a series of articles by reporter Phil Dickie in ''The Courier-Mail'' about high-level police corruption, followed by a '' Four Corners'' television report on the same issue, by Chris Masters, entitled "The Moonlight State", which aired on 11 May 1987. Both investigations dealt with illegal prostitution and gambling, aided by police corruption. With Queensland's Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Crime Commission
The Queensland Crime Commission (QCC) was an independent Queensland Government entity established on 2 March 1998 to investigate criminal activity, in particular, criminal paedophilia and major and organised crime. On 1 January 2002, the QCC and the former Criminal Justice Commission were merged to establish the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission. References Further reading * Tim Carmody SC (2001)The role of the Queensland Crime Commission in the investigation of organised and major criminal activity ''4th National Outlook Symposium on Crime in Australia: New Crimes or New Responses'' 21–22 June 2001 Rydges Lakeside, Canberra {{Authority control Crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ... Crime in Queensland 2002 disestablishments in Australia 1998 es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime And Misconduct Commission
The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) is an independent Queensland Government entity 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. Formerly the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) 2002–2014. The CCC also has a witness protection function. The commission was established on 1 January 2002,Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 220'. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011. when the former Criminal Justice Commission and the Queensland Crime Commission were merged into a single entity under the name Crime and Misconduct Commission. 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. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Public Service
The Queensland Public Service provides public services to the people of Queensland, Australia on behalf of the Government of Queensland. Typically these are services that are deemed important by the government and which the government believes will be delivered less efficiently, effectively or cheaply if outsourced to the private marketplace. Organisation structure The Queensland Premier selects a subset of the Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly to be ministers who collectively form the Cabinet. Typically the ministers are members of the same political party as the premier or a closely aligned party. Each minister is assigned one or more portfolios (areas of responsibility), e.g. * services for residents such as healthcare and education * services to regulate business and promote the development of the economy, including the agriculture, mining, and tourism industries (three key export industries for Queensland) * services that provide infrastructure such as tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Police Service
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of 'Firmness with Courtesy' was changed to 'With Honour We Serve'. The headquarters of the Queensland Police Service is located at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane. The current Commissioner is Katarina Carroll. The Commissioner reports to the Minister for Police, presently Mark Ryan. History Queensland came into existence as a colony of the British Empire on 1 December 1859. The region was previously under the jurisdiction of the New South Wales governance with towns policed by small forces controlled by the local magistracy. ''The Police Act of 1838'' (2 Vic. no. 2) which officially codified a variety of common behaviours as criminal and regulated the police response to them, continued as the template for policing. On 13 January 1860, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime In Queensland
Queensland Police is responsible for providing policing services to Queensland, Australia and crime statistics for the state are provided on their website. Brisbane Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. Crime statistics There are a number of areas throughout the Brisbane Metro Area which have shown escalating criminal activity and gang activity over the past decade. Some of these areas included areas neighboring the Brisbane city limits such as the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise. The suburbs of Augustine Heights, Bellbird Park, Camira, Carole Park, Gailes, Goodna and Springfield in Ipswich recorded the highest number of break-ins in 2012. Although Underwood and surrounds has been identified as the state’s home break-in hot spot. In August 2013, the Queensland Police Service launched an online crime map to provide crime data to the public. ''Number of total offenses in Queensland since 2012:'' 2012: 437,863 2013: 435,599 2014: 440,986 2015: 460,113 2016: 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Bingham
Sir Eardley Max Bingham (18 March 1927 – 30 November 2021), was an Australian politician. He was Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmania, who represented the electorate of Denison for the Liberal Party in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 to 1984.. Early life and education Born at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Battery Point, Hobart, Bingham was the only son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Bingham of Sandy Bay. He was educated in New South Wales and Tasmania, completing his secondary schooling with four years at Hobart High School. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in April 1945, and served as an able seaman at shore stations including , and the auxiliary anti-submarine vessel , until his discharge in December 1946.BINGHAM, EARDLEY MAX ''World War II Nominal Roll'', Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Western
John Stuart Western (16 March 1931 – 6 January 2011) was an Australian academic and author. He received his B.A. and M.A. and his Diploma of Social Studies from the University of Melbourne, and his Ph.D from Columbia University in 1959. In 1966, along with Colin A. Hughes, he published a study of Australia's first televised policy speech on 12 November 1963, by then prime minister Sir Robert Menzies.Hughes, C.A. & Western, J.S. (1966). Bookcover & p.1 At this time, Western was a lecturer in Psychology at the Australian National University. Their study comprised 250 voters who viewed the policy speech, examined the effect of this form of political communication, and traced its impact on the knowledge, attitudes, and opinions of this group. This was the first such detailed study undertaken in Australia, providing a testing of theories of cognitive equilibrium in relation to voting behaviour, and an examination of television's use in political communication. Western moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Misconduct In Australia
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing. Police forces are usually public sector services, funded through taxes. Law enforcement is only part of policing activity. Policing has included an array of activities in different situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Government Agencies Of Queensland
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