Contents
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL | I |
ABOUT THE CDPP | II |
DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD | 1 |
CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW | 5 |
Australia’s Independent Prosecution Service | 6 |
A responsive national legal practice | 8 |
Prosecuting Commonwealth offences | 8 |
Prosecution services for partner agencies | 8 |
Connecting with state and territory prosecution services | 9 |
Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth | 10 |
Treating victims of crime with courtesy, dignity and respect | 11 |
Educating the community about our role | 12 |
CHAPTER 2: HOW WE OPERATE | 15 |
Our organisation | 16 |
Our leaders | 18 |
CHAPTER 3: OUR NATIONAL PRACTICE | 23 |
National practice group model | 24 |
Commercial, Financial and Corruption | 26 |
Human Exploitation and Border Protection | 30 |
International Assistance and Specialist Agencies | 36 |
Illegal Imports and Exports | 44 |
Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism | 49 |
Revenue and Benefits Fraud | 55 |
Legal Business Improvement | 61 |
Victims and Witnesses | 65 |
CHAPTER 4: PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING | 69 |
Annual Performance Statement | 70 |
Analysis of performance against our purpose | 71 |
Prosecution statistics | 75 |
Prosecution performance indicators | 77 |
Brief assessments | 78 |
Statistics about relevant legislation and partner agencies | 78 |
Prosecution appeals | 83 |
Examples of CDPP appeals | 84 |
Statutory functions and powers | 87 |
CHAPTER 5: GOVERNANCE, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY | 89 |
Internal governance | 90 |
Corporate governance | 90 |
CHAPTER 6: ENABLING SERVICES | 97 |
Enabling Services Group | 98 |
CHAPTER 7: FINANCIAL SERVICES | 103 |
Financial performance | 104 |
External scrutiny | 106 |
Legal service expenditure | 106 |
CHAPTER 8: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 107 |
APPENDICES | 135 |
Appendix 1: Information Publication Scheme | 136 |
Appendix 2: Advertising and market research | 136 |
Appendix 3: List of requirements 2019–20 | 137 |
Appendix 4: Partner Agency Survey 2020—methodology | 144 |
Appendix 5: Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance | 146 |
Appendix 6: Entity resource statement and expenses by outcome | 147 |
Appendix 7: 2019–20 Salary ranges and remuneration | 148 |
Appendix 8: Corrections to the 2018–19 Annual Report | 158 |
Appendix 9: Our people | 158 |
Appendix 10: Acronyms and abbreviations | 162 |
Appendix 11: Glossary | 163 |
Appendix 12: Publication details | 165 |
List of tables and figures | 166 |
Index | 168 |
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