Department of Justice and Attorney-General Annual Report 2010–11 Department of Justice and Attorney-General www.justice.qld.gov.au Annual Report 2010–11 Report Annual Department of Justice and Attorney-General Justice of Department Communication objective Our finances The CD-ROM attached below contains an electronic version of the full financial statements of the The Department of Justice and Attorney-General’s annual report summarises its financial and corporate performance for 2010-11. It has been prepared to meet the needs of stakeholders and the department’s Department of Justice and Attorney-General for the 2010–11 financial year. accountability requirements under the Financial Accountability Act 2009. The Queensland Government is committed to providing accessible services to Queenslanders from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 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Department of Justice and Attorney-General Annual Report 2010–11 | i Letter of compliance 13 September 2011 The Honourable Paul Lucas MP Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Minister for Local Government and Special Minister of State 100 George Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 The Honourable Cameron Dick MP Minister for Education and Industrial Relations 30 Mary Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 Dear Ministers I am pleased to present the Annual Report 2010-11 for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. I certify that this Annual Report complies with: • the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009, and • the detailed requirements set out in the Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies published by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. This report is prepared on the basis of the administrative arrangements for this department applying for the whole of the 2010-11 financial year. That is, it reflects the current structure, operations and performance of the department. In this regard, Liquor, Gaming and Fair Trading were previously part of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation before joining the Department of Justice and Attorney-General through the machinery-of-Government change in February 2011. A checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be accessed at www.justice.qld.gov.au/corporate-publications.htm. Yours sincerely Philip Reed Director-General Department of Justice and Attorney-General Annual Report 2010–11 | ii Table of contents Overview 1 Managing our business Director-General’s message.................................... 2 Workforce profile........................................................52 Our ministers............................................................ 4 Workforce planning framework ...............................52 Highlights for 2010-11 ........................................... 5 Employee performance management................................................................53 Our disaster response .............................................. 6 Learning and development........................................53 Our department Leadership and management development................................................................53 Locations................................................................... 8 Safer and healthier workplaces ................................54 Organisational structure ............................................10 Work-life balance.......................................................54 Performance framework ............................................11 Industrial and employee relations............................55 Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland.......................12 Carers (Recognition) Act 2008 .................................55 Leading by example ...................................................13 Women.........................................................................56 Engaging with stakeholders and the community...................................................................14 Diversity.......................................................................57 Operating environment and associated Governance..................................................................59 challenges ....................................................................17 Executive Committees................................................59 Our performance Audit and risk management......................................62 Other governance committees ..................................63 Fair and safe work................................................. 18 External accountability..............................................64 Legal .............................................................................26 Internal accountability...............................................66 Criminal and civil justice...........................................30 Summary of financial performance.........................68 Human rights protection............................................42 Liquor, gaming and fair trading...............................47 Crown Law Annual Report 75 Appendices 110 Glossary 138 Department of Justice and Attorney-General Annual Report 2010–11 | iii When the colony of Queensland was signed into law in 1859, the Attorney-General was one of only four positions designated by the Colonial Office, making the Department of Justice and Attorney-General as old as Queensland itself. Department of Justice and Attorney-General Annual Report 2010–11 | 1 Director-General’s message I am pleased to present A number of initiatives took place during the the Department of year to help Indigenous and other Justice and communities obtain personal identity Attorney-General's documents, such as birth certificates. 2010–11 annual report. This annual report For example, the department participated in shows the progress we the Mornington Island Identification Day have made in 2010–11 which helped the island’s Indigenous toward our vision of a fair, safe and just community obtain these important documents Queensland. that most of us take for granted. During this year, as a result of Another initiative to increase fairness for machinery-of-Government changes in Indigenous Queenslanders was the Brisbane February 2011, we welcomed the Liquor, Murri Court Life and Employment Skills Bail Gaming and Fair Trading division into the Support Program, in partnership with department. This annual report contains the Construction Skills Training Centre. performance for the full year for Liquor, Gaming and Fair Trading. This program focuses on building life skills and gaining employment for suitable In the summer of 2010-11, Queensland faced offenders referred from the Murri Court. The its worst natural disasters in history. The program has placed a number of young men department escaped significant damage or into employment in the building industry. service interruption and was able to provide support services on the ground to help Fair workplaces were on the agenda again Queenslanders get back on their feet. with the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission declaring by General Ruling an This annual report contains a special feature increase in award rates of pay by $20.00 per on the department’s response to the floods week, an increase to the minimum wage for and cyclones on pages 6-7 of this report. all Queensland full-time employees to $588.20 per week and an increase to A fair Queensland work-related allowances by three per cent. The department worked with other Australian Fairness for