New South Wales Crime Commission
| New South Wales Crime Commission | |
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| Common name | NSW Crime Commission |
| Abbreviation | NSWCC |
Logo of the New South Wales Crime Commission
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 20 January, 1986 |
| Employees | 150 |
| Annual budget | $23,000,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of New South Wales, Australia |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 453 - 463 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Minister responsible | Troy Grant MP, New South Wales Minister for Police |
| Agency executive | Peter Hastings QC, Commissioner |
| Units |
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| Website | |
| http://www.crimecommission.nsw.gov.au | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The New South Wales Crime Commission is a statutory corporation of the Government of New South Wales. It is constituted by the Crime Commission Act 2012 (NSW), the object of which is to reduce the incidence of organised crime and other serious crime in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
In more recent years, the Commission has also taken on a charter of assisting with the investigation of terrorism related offences. However, it became the subject of controversy following various allegations relating covert operations, secrecy and absence of defined accountability, and the conviction of an assistant director for serious criminal activities. In August 2011 the NSW Government announced that a Special Commission of Inquiry would be conducted into the NSW Crime Commission. Headed by retired Supreme Court justice David Patten, the Inquiry handed its report to the Government on 30 November 2011. Its findings have been made public. It found no evidence of misconduct or impropriety other than that of the assistant director, whose arrest and conviction could not have been achieved without the investigative work of the Crime Commission.
The commission was originally established under the name State Drug Crime Commission by the State Drug Crime Commission Act 1985, the Bill for which was introduced by then state premier, Neville Wran after a period of seminal Royal Commissions, including the Woodward Royal Commission (1977–1979) and the Costigan Royal Commission (1980–1984) into drug trafficking, organised crime and tax evasion.
The Commission was originally constituted by a Chairman and two other members. The first chairman of the State Drug Crime Commission (SDCC) was Judge John Lloyd-Jones, who was replaced after only four weeks following objection by the legal fraternity to the principle of a judicial officer's presiding over an investigative body. Richard Job, QC succeeded Lloyd-Jones as chairman, and the SDCC was led by Job together with Barry Thorley, a former judge, and a retired vice-admiral, David Leach.
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