Legal services expenditure

Paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017 (the Directions) requires that, by 30 October each year, entities make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure for the previous financial year. The Directions are not intended to cover the handling of criminal prosecutions and related proceedings (see general note 4 of the Directions).

The following table lists the CDPP's legal services expenditure relating to administrative activities only: 

Speech - Heads of Prosecuting Authorities of Commonwealth Countries Conference

Speech by Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) Raelene Sharp KC at the 23rd Heads of Prosecuting Authorities of Commonwealth Countries Conference (HOPAC) held in Mombasa, Kenya on 10 June 2025. 

Good morning everyone.

It is my absolute pleasure to be able to join you all here today, and I am honoured to have been asked to deliver the opening remarks for this important conference. 

Gaol for $2.4m BAS fraudster

Gaol for $2.4m BAS fraudster

Kristopher Andree-Jansz was convicted and sentenced in the County Court of Victoria to four years and seven months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years and nine months, following a plea of guilty to two charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception and attempting to do the same. 

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Gaol for $2.4m BAS fraudster

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2025

On 2 April 2025, Kristopher Andree-Jansz was convicted and sentenced in the County Court of Victoria to four years and seven months’ imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years and nine months, following a plea of guilty to two charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception and attempting to do the same, contrary to sections 134.2(1) and 11.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth).