{"id":777026826,"date":"2025-05-23T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777026826"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:40:48","slug":"bruce-barbour-reappointed-as-chairman-of-crime-and-corruption-commission-in-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bruce-barbour-reappointed-as-chairman-of-crime-and-corruption-commission-in-queensland","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Barbour reappointed as chairman of Crime and Corruption Commission in Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barbour is a former member of the New South Wales Casino Control Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Queensland government has announced the reappointment of Bruce Barbour<\/strong> as chair of the state’s Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC). Barbour is a former member of the New South Wales (NSW) Casino Control Authority. He has been re-appointed until July 1, 2028, following an initial three-year tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbour worked as ordinary commissioner of the\u00a0CCC from May 2021 to January 2022 and as chair of the CCC from January 2022 to July 2022. He previously served as the NSW Ombudsman for 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bruce Barbour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Jen O\u2019Farrell<\/strong> has been reappointed as CEO of the CCC for another three years. She has been CEO since August 2018. Her new appointment will run until August 23, 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining the CCC in 2015, O’Farrell served as the executive director of the Queensland Greyhound Racing Industry Commission of Inquiry. She also worked as general manager and director of Legal Services at the Department of Transport and Main Roads and as a solicitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attorney-general and minister for justice and minister for integrity Deb Frecklington <\/strong>said: “I am pleased to provide this key integrity agency with continued stability through these reappointments.\u00a0Mr Barbour has served with distinction, has been apolitical and has displayed a highly independent approach to the valued position.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Queensland’s peak anti-corruption agency is of the utmost importance to everyone, something for our State to be proud of. Allegations of corruption must be thoroughly investigated by an independent authority and both Mr Barbour and Ms O\u2019Farrell will continue to provide stable stewardship to the CCC.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our new laws have strengthened the vital work of the CCC to uphold integrity, transparency and accountability across government.”<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> New Zealand issues warning on online gambling promotion<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barbour is a former member of the New South Wales Casino Control Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777020164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Queensland government has reappointed Bruce Barbour as chair and Jen O\u2019Farrell as CEO of the state\u2019s Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) until 2028. Barbour, a former member of the New South Wales Casino Control Authority, brings significant regulatory and integrity experience to the continued leadership of this critical anti-corruption agency.","focusai_entities":"Bruce Barbour, Jen O\u2019Farrell, Deb Frecklington, Queensland government, Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC), New South Wales Casino Control Authority, Queensland Greyhound Racing Industry Commission of Inquiry, Department of Transport and Main Roads","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CCC Leadership Impact","query":"How might the continued leadership of Bruce Barbour, given his background with the NSW Casino Control Authority, influence the Queensland CCC's focus on integrity and governance within the state's regulated gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Regulatory Stability Outlook","query":"What are the implications of these reappointments for the long-term regulatory stability and enforcement priorities concerning anti-corruption and financial crime within Queensland's iGaming and broader capital markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[289,29,225],"class_list":["post-777026826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-australia","tag-casino","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777026826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777026841,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026826\/revisions\/777026841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777020164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777026826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777026826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777026826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}