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Solicitor-General of New South Wales

New South Wales Department of Justice
Department overview
Formed 2011
Preceding agencies
Type Department
Jurisdiction New South Wales
Headquarters 160 Marsden Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Employees 4,300
Ministers responsible
Department executive
Child agencies
Website Department of Justice

The New South Wales Department of Justice, a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsible for the administration and development of a just and equitable legal system of courts, tribunals, laws and other mechanisms that further the principles of justice in New South Wales.

The chief executive officer, called Secretary, of the department is Andrew Cappie-Wood. The Secretary is responsible to the Attorney General of New South Wales, currently the Hon. Mark Speakman SC, MP, the first law officer of New South Wales; the Minister for Police and the Minister for Emergency Services, currently the Hon. Troy Grant MP; and the Minister for Counter Terrorism and the Minister for Corrections, currently the Hon. David Elliott MP. All ministers are ultimately responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

The department's headquarters are located in the Justice Precinct Office, part of the Parramatta Justice Precinct in Parramatta, in western Sydney. The department's more than 4,000 staff are located across New South Wales.


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