Solicitor-General of New South Wales

New South Wales Department of Justice

Department overview
Formed	2011
Preceding agencies	Department of Police and Justice Attorney General's Department Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Corrective Services
Type	Department
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	160 Marsden Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Employees	4,300
Ministers responsible	Hon. Mark Speakman SC, MP, Attorney General Hon. Troy Grant MP, Minister for Police Minister for Emergency Services Hon. David Elliott MP, Minister for Counter Terrorism Minister for Corrections
Department executive	Andrew Cappie-Wood, Secretary
Child agencies	Judicial Commission Liquor & Gaming New South Wales NSW Police Force Rural Fire Service State Emergency Service NSW Crime Commission Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Corrective Services NSW
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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