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The story of Queensland's crime fighting and anti-corruption bodies begins with the landmark Fitzgerald Inquiry of the late 1980s

The Fitzgerald Inquiry spent two years investigating entrenched political and police corruption and organised crime in Queensland

Since 1989 four organisations have been established to fight crime and corruption in Queensland

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The CJC arose out of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, which had been set up in response to media revelations on crime and corruption in Queensland.

"The Commission’s expenditure of $17 million for the year represents a significant investment by the State of Queensland. … This represents some of the cost of repairing the damage done to the body politic by the evils identified by the Fitzgerald Commission...

"All of the Commission’s functions have continued to refine and develop their operations… Highlights include … the increasing sophistication of the measures taken in relation to organised crime …” ---Sir Max Bingham, Chairperson By the end of the 1991 - 1992...