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“The detection and prevention of crime are among the most important functions of any government. They are not optional extras which can expand and contract according to fluctuating social circumstances or economic conditions. They are essential elements of a...

“The creation of the CMC in January 2002 was a major step forward for Queensland law enforcement because it combined the resources and powers of two notable Queensland law enforcement bodies: the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), which had been targeting...

“Our work in this area — combating paedophiles who use the Internet to meet children — is particularly challenging. It involves operating on a new frontier of law enforcement in the rapidly changing communication medium of the Internet. It requires the...

“What I was told during the public inquiry [into abuse of children in foster care in Queensland] was alarming and led to the sad realisation that the state’s child protection system had for years failed Queensland children in many important respects. The CMC...

Operation Impala examined the improper access and dissemination of confidential information by public sector agencies.

Read about why and how the CCC conducts its corruption investigations

The CCC’s governing legislation, the Crime and Corruption Act 2001, provides that subject to the cooperation and public interest principles and the capacity of the agency, action to prevent and deal with corruption in an agency should generally happen in the...

View the CCC's organisational chart.

Lessons from investigations by the Crime and Corruption Commission, 2009–14