Arabic version: هيئة الجريمة والفساد في كوينزلاند احتفظت بـ20 شكوى فساد

According to The Guardian, Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission assessed 6,198 corruption complaints in 2025-26 but retained 20 for its own investigation. The figures were published in the commission’s annual report, tabled in state parliament on Friday afternoon.

The CCC referred 4,244 matters to the relevant agency, including police, local government and public service departments. Of those referrals, 46 were subject to CCC monitoring, 375 required advice on the outcome and 3,823 were made without oversight. A further 1,934 complaints were assessed as requiring no further action.

University of the Sunshine Coast criminology professor Tim Prenzler said the figures indicated there was “almost no chance” that a complaint against a government department such as police would be independently investigated. He said complainants and whistleblowers could have their expectations “dashed” when matters were sent back to the agency involved.

Prenzler advised the 2022 commission of inquiry into police responses to domestic violence, which examined conflicts of interest and lack of independence in police investigations of officers. The inquiry recommended an independent police integrity unit to investigate all complaints against police by May 2024, listing it among its four highest-priority recommendations. Both sides of government backed the proposal, but progress has stalled.

Police minister Dan Purdie said police had “really robust systems” for complaints and that such matters were overseen and reviewed by the CCC. Asked whether the unit would be established by the 2028 state election, he referred the question to the attorney general. The annual report also showed corruption complaints had risen about 47% over four years, while the CCC held 16 days of corruption hearings in 2025-26 and more than 100 days of crime hearings.