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

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. It has since merged in 2002 with the Queensland Crime Commission to form the

Crime and Misconduct Commission The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) is an independent Queensland Government integrity agency created to combat and reduce the incidence of major crime and to continuously improve the integrity of, and to reduce the incidence of misconduc ...

. 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

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the Criminal Justice Commission was limited to the oversight of the

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 ...

. 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

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. It had an initial budget of $5 million. A five-member group referred to as the Commission led the organisation.

Commissioners

* Sir Max Bingham (1989–1990) * John Western (1990–1994)

References

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