APPENDIX 4 CHANGES TO FEDERAL OFFENCE GROUPS
Federal offence groups were developed to present an alternative view of offence data to the ANZSOC. The federal offence groups have been developed with the assistance of the Australian Attorney-General's Department.
Federal offence groups are based on the mapping of legislation to offences. For 2011-12, the federal offence groups were reviewed and changes made. The reason for this was to better align legislation with the current administration of federal offences. Caution should be taken when comparing 2011-12 data for federal offence groups with previous years.
To enable users of the statistics to assess the impact of the change, the 2011-12 data is presented below in two ways - the first is on the basis of the unchanged federal offence groups (i.e. the groups used in previous issues of this publication), the second is on the basis of the modified federal offence groups used throughout this issue.
New Federal Offence Group | All Courts, Australia, 2011-12 - Offences (numbers) |
| 2011-12 Old Federal Offence Groups | 2011-12 New Federal Offence Groups | Percentage Change, Old Federal Offence Groups to New Federal Offence Groups |
Aviation1 | 32 | 658 | 1,956.3% |
Child sexual exploitation offences* | n/a | 2,054 | n/a |
Commonwealth officials2 | 331 | 331 | 0.0% |
Commonwealth property3 | 316 | 316 | 0.0% |
Commonwealth sexual offences4 | 1,894 | 44 | -97.7% |
Communications5 | 4,263 | 4,162 | -2.4% |
Defence* | n/a | 11 | n/a |
Drugs6 | 1,009 | 1,018 | 0.9% |
Environmental7 | 3 | 130 | 4,233.3% |
Financial8 | 2,509 | 2,282 | -9.0% |
Fraud9 | 23,524 | 23,705 | 0.8% |
Illegal fishing10 | 77 | 77 | 0.0% |
Illegal use/importation of weapons11 | 017 | 017 | 0.0% |
Import/export offences* | n/a | 44 | n/a |
International12 | 17 | 17 | 0.0% |
Justice offences13 | 137 | 199 | 45.3% |
Maritime* | n/a | 93 | n/a |
Migration14 | 566 | 311 | -45.1% |
People smuggling* | n/a | 286 | n/a |
Proceeds of crime* | n/a | 364 | n/a |
Security15 | 77 | 77 | 0.0% |
Social security* | n/a | 193 | n/a |
Tax* | n/a | 144 | n/a |
Transport* | n/a | 158 | n/a |
Other16 | 3,397 | 1,474 | -56.6% |
Total | 38,150 | 38,150 | 0.0% |
*
New category for 2011-12. Data are not applicable on the basis of the old federal offence groups
1 Inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
2 3 11 12 15 No changes to this category
4 'Child sexual exploitation offences' have been removed
5 Inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
6 Inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
7 Renamed from 'Wildlife smuggling'; inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
8 'Proceeds of crime' offences have been removed; inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
9 'Tax' offences have been removed; some 'Social security' offences have been removed; inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
10 Inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
13 Inclusion of additional legislation from 'Other'
14 Renamed from 'Migration and people smuggling'; 'People smuggling' offences have been removed
16 Movement of legislation to old and new groups
17 Nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)