Matters we deal with

The CCC deals with corruption that affects the Queensland public sector.

We have authority to deal with corruption in:

• the legislative assembly and parliamentary service
• state government departments 
• statutory bodies and boards, including Hospitals and Health Services
• the Queensland Police Service
• councils (local governments)
• universities
• courts, tribunals and registries, and
• prisons.

Under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 (CC Act), the entities in our jurisdiction are called “units of public administration” or UPAs.  The meaning of a unit of public administration is found in section 20 of the CC Act.

We can investigate the conduct of:

• public sector employees, including police officers and council employees
• any person whose conduct is believed to corrupt or affect the performance of a public agency, and
• state and local government politicians, but only when their conduct would, if proved, amount to a criminal offence.

We do not have authority to investigate:

• private sector matters, unless they arise out of dealings with the public sector
• departments or organisations in other states or territories
• federal parliamentarians, departments or agencies.

How matters come to our attention

There are two ways suspected corruption may come to our attention: 

• through a complaint made by a person to the CCC under section 36 of the CC Act. These can also include: 
  •  complaints we generate ourselves in response to information we have received (for example, through audits, media articles or our intelligence activities)
  • matters referred as the result of court proceedings and public inquiries
• through a mandatory notification from a unit of public administration under section 37 of the CC Act (for police misconduct) or section 38 of the CC Act (for corrupt conduct).