Our finances

The financial report is prepared in accordance with the Financial and Administration and Audit Act 1977.

The Department of Justice and Attorney-General’s annual report summarises our financial and corporate performance. Our aim is to provide an annual report that meets the needs of our stakeholders and our accountability requirements under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977.

This is the Final Report-Financial Statements for the former Department of Employment and Industrial Relations (DEIR). Following a machinery-of-government change implemented in March 2009, DEIR was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. The report is prepared in accordance with the Financial and Administration and Audit Act 1977.

The 2007-08 Financial Statements for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General.

The 2006-07 Financial Statements for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General

Agency highlights of the Queensland state budget for each financial year.

An open and accessible justice system is the corner-stone of a safe, just and supportive society. Operating from more than 100 locations around Queensland, the Department of Justice and Attorney-General delivers the services which support our justice system.

Queensland State Budget 2010-2011. Service Delivery Statements for the Department of Justice and Attorney General

The 2010-11 State Budget provides $1.046 billion for the Department of Justice and Attorney-General to deliver a broad range of justice services. This will ensure the department can continue to build on the many achievements of recent years and help make Queensland a stronger, safer and fairer state, as outlined in Towards Q2: Tomorrow's Queensland.

In 2009–10, the Department of Justice and Attorney-General remains focussed on making our justice system more open and accessible, and our communities and workplaces safer. This will be achieved through building modern justice facilities, enhancing our services and their delivery, and implementing programs to assist vulnerable people and improve safety.

The department delivers diverse services to urban, rural and remote communities throughout the State. These include courts and tribunals;legal and advocacy services,a range of community-focused programs; policies and services, including services to protect vulnerable people and services aimed at improving productivity, equity and safety in Queensland workplaces.

The department delivers diverse services through its courts and tribunals, its legal and advocacy services and through a range of community-focussed programs, policies and services, including services to protect vulnerable people, maintain consumer and business confidence in the marketplace and ensure effective licensing and registration systems. These services have been expanded due to the September 2007 machinery-of-Government change, which transferred responsibility for the Office for Fair Trading, Body Corporate and Community Management, the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Registry and the RetailShop Leases Registry to the department.

The Department of Justice and Attorney-General is responsible for the administration of the Legal Profession Act 2007 (LPA). The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice can approve general grant funding from the Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Accounts Fund (LPITAF), for initiatives that meet the purposes provided under Section 289(1)(h) of the LPA.

Oulines the obligations of recipients of the 2009-10 Legal Practitioner Interest On Trust Accounts Fund (LPITAF) general grants.

Use this template to report on 2008-09 General Grants Outcomes: Legal Practitioner Interest On Trust Accounts Fund (LPITAF)

Application form for 2008-09 LPITAF grants.

Use this template to accept a 2008-09 General Grant: Legal Practitioner Interest On Trust Accounts Fund (LPITAF)