After 2 years of deliberations into allegations of illegal activity and police misconduct in Queensland, and within the Queensland public sector generally, the Commission of Inquiry (Fitzgerald Commission) issued its report on July 3, 1989. So as to achieve rational reform based upon research, the Fitzgerald Commission recommended the establishment of two new bodies: the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission and the Criminal Justice Commission. These bodies are expected to provide research and analysis to inform the debate on lasting reform and make recommendations to Parliament regarding the reform of the police department, to implement the changes recommended in the report, and to continue the work of the Fitzgerald Commission. The Criminal Justice Act of 1989 established the recommended Criminal Justice Commission to continually monitor, review, coordinate, and initiate reform of the administration of criminal justice; to discharge such functions of criminal justice administration as cannot appropriately be discharged by the Police Service or other agencies of the State; to report on its activities to the Parliamentary Committee; and to monitor, review, coordinate, and initiate implementation of the recommendations relating to the administration of criminal justice contained in the Report of the Commission of Inquiry. In regard to the latter requirement, this report outlines the Fitzgerald Commission's recommendations regarding the tasks of the Criminal Justice Commission and describes how the Commission has sought to comply with each recommendation.