The Department of Justice (DoJ) is a cohesive department whose teams work closely together to enable us to share our experiences and insights as we deliver a fair, just and inclusive Queensland.

The following divisions within DoJ support both our frontline services and delivery of government priorities:

Corporate Services

Courts and Tribunals

Crown Law

Harm Prevention and Regulation

Justice Policy and Reform

Portfolio Governance and Executive Services

Community Justice Services.

Read our Organisational structure for more details and see below for more information about the branches that sit within each division, as well as the independent justice bodies we support.

Our department is also committed to acting in accordance with the Human Rights Act 2019, including acting in a way compatible with human rights and giving proper consideration to human rights in making decisions. Find out more about our commitment to human rights and the Queensland Government’s commitment.

The Corporate Services division supports departmental operations and provides expert advice. The division includes:

Financial Services

Information Technology Services

Infrastructure Services

People, Capability and Culture

Investing and Commissioning.

Legal Assistance Strategy and Funding (LASF) administers Queensland and Australian government funding to vital legal assistance services to ensure vulnerable and disadvantaged Queenslanders have equitable access to legal assistance.

Find out more about Legal Assistance Strategy and Funding.

The Community Benefits Funds Unit oversees the Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF), Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program.

Find out more about the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

Information will be added about this team’s functions in the near future.

The Courts and Tribunals division includes:

Coroners Court of Queensland

Magistrates Courts Service

Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Reform and Support Services

Supreme, District and Land Courts Service.

Courts in Queensland are impartial. This means they can settle disputes, deal with people who break the law, and determine the legal rights and obligations of individuals, business and government. While we cannot influence decisions made by a judge or magistrate, we provide administrative support to Queensland courts, as well as:

support for victims of crime

access to court diversion programs

administrative assistance and services to assist residential tenants

access to other government services.

For more information visit the Queensland Courts website, including accessing Queensland Courts publications.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) is an independent, fair and efficient tribunal for all Queenslanders.

QCAT resolves disputes and makes and reviews decisions about matters including guardianship, residential and retail tenancy disputes, debt, consumer issues, trader disputes, building and minor civil disputes, matters affecting children and young people, discrimination and occupational and business regulation.

For more information visit the QCAT website.

The Crown Law division includes:

Commercial, Property, Insurance and Risk

Constitutional and Advocacy

Native Title, Resources and Dispute Resolution

Practice Management

Public Law.

Crown Law’s extensive pool of experienced lawyers advise and represent the Queensland Government in all areas of law affecting the public sector and the State of Queensland. Crown Law operates as a self-funded business unit of our department, providing legal services to the Queensland Government only.

Crown Law provides advice and legal representation in all areas of law affecting the public sector and the State of Queensland, and its core expertise spans 20 major areas of law, with a host of specialty areas also offered to clients.

For more information visit the Crown Law website.

The Harm Prevention and Regulation division includes:

Queensland Worker Screening Services

Office of Fair Trading

Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation

Reform and Performance.

Queensland Worker Screening Services comprises Blue Card Services and Disability Worker Screening.

Blue Card Services (BCS) screens and monitors people who work with children and young people in Queensland. BCS also:

educates the community about the blue card system, legislative requirements and associated obligations

assists organisations with developing and implementing child and youth risk-management strategies

ensures regulated organisations comply with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000.

Find out more about Blue Card Services.

Disability Worker Screening (DWS) manages the application process for workers and volunteers seeking a clearance to deliver disability supports and services in Queensland. DWS assesses applications to determine whether a person is cleared or excluded from working in certain roles with people with disability.

The primary consideration in screening decisions is the right of people with disability to live their lives free from abuse, violence, neglect or exploitation. DWS plays an important role in creating safe environments and improving the quality of services and supports being delivered to people with disability.

DWS also supports NDIS organisations with their compliance and applicant requirements under the Disability Services Act 2006.

Find out more about Disability Worker Screening.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) aims to deliver a fair and safe marketplace for Queensland consumers and businesses. This means that OFT:

provides information and advice about rights and responsibilities

helps resolve marketplace disputes

licenses a range of occupations

investigates unfair business practices

prosecutes unscrupulous businesses

provides information about product safety.

Find out more about the Office of Fair Trading.

The Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) regulates the liquor and gambling industries across Queensland in a way that minimises harm and ensures that—on balance—Queensland and the community benefit from gambling.

Find out more about the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation.

Reform and performance provides specialist corporate capability to enable, support and assure contemporary, outcomes-driven regulation and community education across the Harm Prevention and Regulation division.

The Justice Policy and Reform division includes:

First Nations Justice Office

Justice Reform Office

Regulatory Policy

Secretariats Support

Special Projects and Statutory Reviews

Strategic Policy and Legislation.

The First Nations Justice Office was set up in 2023 to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system.

Find out more about the First Nations Justice Office.

The Justice Reform Office (JRO) works closely with other criminal justice agencies to lead reform across the criminal justice system.

Find out more about the Justice Reform Office.

The Regulatory Policy branch provides:

policy and legislative development for the regulation of liquor, gaming and fair trading

harm-minimisation programs for the liquor and gambling industries

related statistical collections and research in support of liquor and gaming regulatory policy development.

The Secretariats Support branch includes:

The Special Projects and Statutory Reviews branch includes the Criminal Procedure Review Team.

Strategic Policy and Legislation provides policy advice to the Minister, the Director-General, other state government departments and Australian Government agencies about all areas for which the minister and department are responsible. We often publish discussion papers, exposure Bills and similar documents for the purposes of community consultation.

The Portfolio Governance and Executive Services division includes:

Ethical Standards

Executive Services

General Counsel

Internal Audit

Strategic Communication

Strategy and Governance.

This division provides behind-the-scenes support for the department.

The Office of the Director-General is the liaison point between the department and the ministerial offices of the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Leader of the House. The Executive Services branch provides professional advice and executive support to the Director-General by undertaking and coordinating policy research and analysis.

The Internal Audit Unit and Ethical Standards Unit also monitor and make recommendations about the operational management of the department’s divisions.

The General Counsel branch provides legal services to the Minister and executive management, and leads and promotes legal services policy and practice across government. It includes:

The Community Support division includes:

Dispute Resolution

Justices of the Peace

Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Dispute Resolution provides independent, responsive and effective assistance to individuals and groups engaged in constructive conflict resolution. We offer training courses in mediation, facilitation and conflict resolution.

We have 4 service streams to support our strategic vision of empowering people to resolve disputes, make amends and reconnect:

civil mediation

adult restorative justice conferencing

child protection conferencing

training.

Find out more about Dispute Resolution.

Justices of the Peace provides information about training and appointing Justices of the Peace (Qualified—JP Qual), Justices of the Peace (JP) and Commissioners for Declarations (Cdec).

We maintain the register of Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations in Queensland, and register JPs and Cdecs and monitor their conduct.

Find out more about the Justices of the Peace, including searching for your nearest JP and learning how to become a JP or Cdec.

The Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management is committed to helping body corporate members, their committees and industry groups to understand Queensland’s body corporate legislation, and to avoid and resolve disputes.

We provide:

Find out more about the Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management.

The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages is responsible for recording births, deaths, marriages, changes of name and adoptions in Queensland, and we issue certificates for these life events to eligible applicants. Family historians can also access historical birth, death and marriage records.

Find out more about the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, including how to register these life events, apply for a certificate or search your family history.

Our department also provides varying levels of support to the following independent justice bodies that report either to the Minister or directly to Parliament.

Last updated:   4 August 2025