Director’s speech at the conference of the Australian Bar Association in Sydney - 29 August 2025

Director’s speech at the conference of the Australian Bar Association in Sydney - 29 August 2025

On 29 August 2025, the Director spoke the annual Conference of the Australian Bar Association in Sydney. The theme of the conference was “Litigating Matters of Public Interest”.

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Director’s speech at the conference of the Australian Bar Association in Sydney - 29 August 2025

On 29 August 2025, the Director spoke the annual Conference of the Australian Bar Association in Sydney. The theme of the conference was “Litigating Matters of Public Interest”.

The Director's speech focused on the public interest limb of the test for exercising the prosecutorial discretion, as set out in the Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth.

Legal services expenditure

Paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2017 (the Directions) requires that, by 30 October each year, entities make publicly available records of the legal services expenditure for the previous financial year. The Directions are not intended to cover the handling of criminal prosecutions and related proceedings (see general note 4 of the Directions).

The following table lists the CDPP's legal services expenditure relating to administrative activities only: