4515.0 - Federal Defendants, Selected States and Territories, 2009-10

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ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/04/2011

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Increase in federal offences despite defendant population remaining stable (Media Release)

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FINALISATION METHOD

During 2009-10, 77% or 37,843 offences were proven guilty across all courts, while 17% (8,238) were withdrawn by the prosecution. The offence group with the highest proportion proven guilty was fraud offences (83%), while almost a third (31%) of commonwealth officials offences were withdrawn by the prosecution.