Our National Practice | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

The CDPP is a national prosecution service. We practice in each state and territory of Australia and we have offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, Townsville and Cairns.

To provide a more effective, efficient and nationally consistent federal prosecution service, we have four national Practice Groups based on crime types:

Fraud and Specialist Agencies.
Human Exploitation and Border Protection.
Organised Crime and National Security.
Serious Financial and Corporate Crime.

Each Practice Group is led by a Deputy Director who has responsibility for:

the prosecutions conducted by the Practice Group across Australia;
national liaison;
policy development; and
the CDPP’s contribution to law reform.

The legal practice is supported by the Legal Capability and Performance Practice Group (led by a Deputy Director) and Enabling Services (led by the Director’s Executive Officer).

Governance

The Executive Committee supports the Director to ensure the CDPP is delivering on its purposes and priorities, while promoting the proper use and management of public resources and the CDPP’s financial sustainability. This includes overseeing the CDPP’s risk-management approach and ensuring an appropriate system of internal control.

The Legal Forum provides leadership, direction and oversight for the delivery of the CDPP’s legal and prosecutorial work, strategy, policy and guidance and ensures the duties and accountabilities of the Director are discharged in accordance with the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) and the Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth.