Keywords:
1. Introduction -- 2. Historical background -- 3. The Australian model in context -- 4. Prosecutorial roles, powers and duties - 5. Prosecution independence -- 6. The decision to prosecute -- 7. The police and prosecutions -- 8. Victims, witnesses and the prosecution -- 9. Prosecuting the trial and the sentencing hearing -- 10. Prosecution appeals -- 11. Regulatory prosecutions: federal context -- 12. Regulatory prosecutions: state and territory contexts -- 13. The DPP and the Coroner?s Court -- 14. Accountability of individual public prosecutors -- 15. Organisational accountability and performance assessment -- 16. The Attorney-General, prosecutions and the DPP -- 17. Conclusions