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New Director appointed

Federal Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP, today announced the appointment of Ms Raelene Sharp KC as the next Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

CDPP 2022-23 Annual Report

The CDPP 2022-23 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on 18 October 2023.

CDPP Corporate Plan 2023–27 now available

The CDPP’s Corporate Plan 2023–27 is now available.

2021-22 CDPP Annual Report

The 2021-22 CDPP Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on Friday 28 October 20

2022 CDPP Partner Agency Survey

The CDPP recently received an overall satisfaction score of 86 per cent from its biennial 2022 Partner Agency Survey.

CDPP 2022-26 Corporate Plan now available

The CDPP's 2022-26 Corporate Plan is now available.

Sarah McNaughton SC resigns as Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

The Attorney-General of New South Wales today announced the appointment of Ms Sarah McNaughton SC as a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW. 

CDPP wins prestigious library and research award

The CDPP’s Library and Research Services team has won the 2022 Legal Information Service of the Year award announced at the Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) conference in Hobart on Thursday 26 August.

Prosecution of Mr Bernard Collaery

On 7 July 2022 the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Honourable Mark Dreyfus QC MP, announced he had declined to proceed further in the prosecution of Mr Bernard Collaery for five offences relating to the alleged unlawful communication of ASIS information contrary to the Intelligence Services

Banking cartel prosecutions discontinued

On 11 February 2022, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions Ms Sarah McNaughton SC announced her decision to decline to proceed further in the criminal prosecutions of Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited, Deutsche Bank AG and four senior banking executives for cartel offences

Case Reports

2023-2024

Location:
Western Australia

Deep dive charges

Fraud and Specialist Agencies
Following Australia’s deepest ever commercial dive, DOF Subsea Australia Pty Ltd (DOF) was fined $945,000 and ordered to pay $97,597 in costs due to its failures to take reasonably practicable steps to protect the health and safety of deep sea divers engaged to work at a depth of between 237 and 270 metres.

2021-2022

Location:
Queensland

Former Aboriginal art centre boss jailed for ripping off artists

Fraud and Specialist Agencies
Brett Evans was charged with 35 offences contrary to the CATSI Act in that he used his position as an employee of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation dishonestly, with the intention of directly or indirectly gaining an advantage for himself.