Publications

Report on illicit drug use from data collected between 2002 and 2005 by the Office of Economic and Statistical Research from adults in private households.

Following public hearings in September 2005, the Crime and Misconduct Commission recommended in a 2006 report to State Parliament - tabled on 1 October 2006 - that outcall prostitution services from licensed brothels and independent "escort agencies" should...

This synopsis details the results of investigations conducted by the CMC into numerous allegations against the mayor, councillors, and council officers of the Douglas Shire Council, as well as complaints by the mayor and CEO.

This report summarises the CMC's key activities, achievements and performance for the financial year ending 30 June 2006.

This report, tabled in State Parliament on 11 May 2006, presents the findings of the Commission's public inquiry into allegations of official misconduct of some candidates and others during the Gold Coast City Council election in March 2004. The Gold Coast...

In 2005, the CMC examined the use of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray by QPS officers. OC spray was introduced as a use of force option to QPS officers in 2000. This research followed on from the QCC’s earlier evaluation of the OC spray trial in 1999.

This report documents the CMC's evaluation of the effectiveness of a state government initiative to help people who are addicted to inhaling volatile substances.

This report evaluates new police powers introduced to support a state government initiative to provide people addicted to volatile substances with a safe place to go while under the influence.

n 11 April 2004, Samuel Hogan, a young 20-year-old man from the Northern Beaches of Cairns, was seriously and permanently injured while being arrested by two Cairns police officers, Senior Constable Dorothy Buckman and Senior Constable Andrew Cussens.

In this report the CMC examines the issues raised concerning the circumstances in which Ms Cathi Taylor was appointed Queensland Information Commissioner in February 2005.