Queensland public records and research resources.
A curated index of Queensland state-level court databases, registries, and government records relevant to commercial, regulatory, and legal research in Queensland.
This page covers Queensland state and territorial sources. Commonwealth (federal) sources covering Queensland — including ASIC, ABR, the Federal Court, and AustLII — are on the Australia parent page.
For sanctions and watchlist sources, see International Sanctions & Watchlists.
Courts and case law
Supreme Court of Queensland — Judgments
Type: State Supreme Court judgments database. · Maintained by: Supreme Court of Queensland.
Cost / access: Free for published judgments.
Useful for: Queensland Supreme Court trial-division and Court of Appeal judgments; commercial, equity, family, criminal, and civil matters.
Limitations: Published judgments only. Unpublished decisions and procedural orders require court-registry access.
Official link: www.courts.qld.gov.au/courts/supreme-court/judgments · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
District Court of Queensland — Judgments
Type: District Court judgments database. · Maintained by: Queensland Courts.
Cost / access: Free for published judgments via AustLII.
Useful for: District Court civil and criminal matters where reasons have been published.
Limitations: District Court reasons are less consistently published than Supreme Court reasons; coverage is uneven.
Official link: www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/QDC · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) — Decisions
Type: Civil and administrative tribunal decisions. · Maintained by: Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Cost / access: Free.
Useful for: Consumer, residential, anti-discrimination, retail-shop-lease, building, occupational regulation, and minor-civil matters in Queensland.
Limitations: Coverage is selective; not every decision is published.
Official link: www.qcat.qld.gov.au/case-information/published-decisions · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Land, property, and titles
Titles Queensland
Type: Land titles register. · Maintained by: Titles Queensland (state titles authority).
Cost / access: Per-record fee. Online account required for most products.
Useful for: Queensland real-property title searches, registered interests, mortgages, easements, caveats, and ownership history.
Limitations: Queensland only. Cross-border real property is in each jurisdiction’s titles authority.
Official link: www.titlesqld.com.au · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Business, regulation, and licensing
Queensland Office of Fair Trading — Business Names and Public Registers
Type: State consumer-protection and business-registration register. · Maintained by: Queensland Office of Fair Trading.
Cost / access: Free for most public registers.
Useful for: Queensland charity register, motor-dealer licences, second-hand dealer licences, debt collectors, and related occupational registers. Queensland business-name records sit with ASIC at federal level (since 2012) but historical Queensland-only filings are still relevant for older matters.
Limitations: Coverage varies by register. Some registers require name-based search only; bulk discovery is not supported.
Official link: www.qld.gov.au/law/fair-trading · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC)
Type: State construction-industry licensing and insurance register. · Maintained by: Queensland Building and Construction Commission.
Cost / access: Free online search.
Useful for: Licensed builders, trade contractors, demerit points, financial-category status, and home warranty insurance. Important for any diligence touching Queensland construction or property development.
Limitations: Queensland building and construction only.
Official link: www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/online-services · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation
Type: Liquor and gaming licensing register. · Maintained by: Department of Justice and Attorney-General.
Cost / access: Free online search.
Useful for: Queensland liquor licences, gaming machine licences, casino licences, and related approvals.
Limitations: Queensland only.
Official link: www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/hospitality-tourism-sport/liquor-gaming · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Government, legislation, and procurement
Queensland Legislation
Type: Consolidated Queensland legislation register. · Maintained by: Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.
Cost / access: Free.
Useful for: Current and historical Queensland Acts, statutory instruments, and subordinate legislation.
Limitations: Queensland statutes only.
Official link: www.legislation.qld.gov.au · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Queensland Government Tenders (QTenders)
Type: Queensland Government procurement register. · Maintained by: Queensland Government Procurement.
Cost / access: Free.
Useful for: Queensland public-sector contract awards, tender notices, and panel arrangements.
Limitations: Queensland Government contracts only.
Official link: qtenders.epw.qld.gov.au/qtenders · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Queensland Government Gazette
Type: Official Queensland Government notification register. · Maintained by: Queensland Government Printer.
Cost / access: Free.
Useful for: Statutory appointments, designated proclamations, official notices, dissolved associations, and regulatory determinations under Queensland law.
Limitations: Queensland-only matters of record.
Official link: www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-govt-gazette · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Inquiries and reports
Queensland Audit Office — Reports to Parliament
Type: State auditor-general reports. · Maintained by: Queensland Audit Office.
Cost / access: Free.
Useful for: Performance and financial audits of Queensland public-sector entities, audit findings, and unresolved control matters.
Limitations: Queensland public sector only.
Official link: www.qao.qld.gov.au/reports-resources · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry (Queensland) — Archive
Type: Archive of Queensland Commissions of Inquiry. · Maintained by: Queensland State Archives.
Cost / access: Free for archived records. Some recent commissions hosted by the Department of Justice directly.
Useful for: Background research on historical Queensland inquiries — for example, the Fitzgerald Inquiry (1987–89), and successor bodies (Crime and Corruption Commission).
Limitations: Older commission records may be incomplete or paper-only.
Official link: www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives · Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.
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Magistrates Court of Queensland decisions where publicly searchable; Queensland Coroners Court — published findings; Queensland WorkCover enforcement actions; Office of the Information Commissioner (Queensland) — Right to Information decisions and disclosure logs; Queensland Industrial Relations Commission decisions; Crime and Corruption Commission published reports.
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Last reviewed: 2026-05-24.