Our National Practice

The CDPP is a national prosecution service. We practice in each State and Territory of Australia. The CDPP has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin. There are sub-offices of the Brisbane office in Townsville and Cairns, which perform prosecutions in central and north Queensland.

On 2 June 2014, the CDPP implemented a new operating model consisting of nationally organised and run practice groups. The objective of the operating model is to provide a more effective, efficient and nationally consistent federal prosecution service.

The Practice Groups are based on compatible crime types. They are:

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

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

• the prosecutions conducted by that Practice Group across Australia
• national liaison in relation to the Practice Group
• policy development for issues that concern the Practice Group and
• the CDPP’s contribution to law reform in relation to the crime types included in the Practice Group

The legal practice is supported by the Legal Capability and Performance and Enabling Services groups. The Executive Leadership Group (ELG) is the key advisory group to the Director. The ELG comprises the Deputy Directors who provide advice on prosecutions, policy development and law reform and the Chief Operating Officer who advises on corporate management.

See also:

• CDPP Senior Management Organisation Chart