The Minns Labor Government will today introduce its organised crime crackdown to Parliament, delivering tough new laws to target criminal networks and give law enforcement stronger powers to disrupt them.
The Government will also strengthen the package with new powers for the NSW Crime Commission to stop organised criminals and their associates destroying or hiding critical evidence.
The new powers will allow the Crime Commission, in organised crime investigations, to require a person to hand over a digital device or other information immediately when they are served with a summons.
Organised crime is changing, with criminal networks increasingly using encrypted devices, digital platforms and layers of associates to plan serious violence and evade law enforcement.
Currently, the Crime Commission can summon a person to bring a phone or document to a hearing or require them to produce it to the Commission. But this creates a risk that in the lead up to the hearing critical evidence can be hidden, altered or destroyed.
Under the Government’s changes, a person can be required to provide the device or information immediately when they are served with the summons, where there are reasonable grounds to believe a delay could put important evidence at risk.
Those who refuse to comply will face serious consequences including being charged with a criminal offence punishable by up to four years behind bars, a $4,400 fine, or both, including being held in contempt of the Crime Commission.
The new Crime Commission powers will be limited to organised crime investigations, sunset after 12 months and be subject to oversight by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.
They will be introduced as amendments to the Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Organised Crime Reforms) Bill 2026, which will be introduced to Parliament today and includes the reforms announced last week including:
Stronger consequences for young offenders
NSW’s existing Serious Children’s Indictable Offence (SCIO) scheme will be expanded to cover four additional offences linked to organised crime including shootings and firebombings.
This means young people must be tried or sentenced as adults in the District or Supreme courts where they face higher maximum penalties.
The four additional offences will bring to 55 the number of serious offences in NSW requiring children to be tried as adults.
Interim Serious Crime Prevention Orders
Interim Serious Crime Prevention Orders will be introduced to allow police to immediately restrict the activities of high-risk suspects while they apply for a final order.
Restrictions can include limiting who someone can associate with, where they go and conditions about access to devices, the internet and tech platforms.
New offences, tougher penalties for planning crime
Criminals who are involved in planning a murder will face increased maximum penalties of life imprisonment even if they do not carry out the killing.
Additional offences will be created targeting those who administer or encourage the use of digital platforms to arrange or facilitate organised crime.
More resources for police
The Government is giving NSW Police an additional $15 million to help crack encrypted devices and digital platforms linked to organised crime investigations.
This funding builds on the $108.8 million invested in the 2026-27 NSW Budget for NSW Police technology upgrades.
Nearly 800 people have been arrested and charged with more than 2000 offences as part of Taskforce Falcon which has seized nearly 250 weapons and firearms.
Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns said:
“Today we’re taking a major package of organised crime laws into Parliament because criminal networks are changing the way they operate and our laws have to change with them.
“These criminal networks are deliberately using encrypted devices, online platforms and layers of associates to hide what they’re doing and keep the people pulling the strings away from the crime itself.
“If police and the Crime Commission identify another gap criminals are exploiting, we’ll close it. We’re not going to give criminals a window to wipe a phone, destroy evidence or cover their tracks.”
Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley said:
“Today we are building on our fight against organised criminals by attacking their tactics that prevent NSW Police from retrieving essential evidence.
“These reforms are designed to go after the people who plan the violence, those who facilitate it and the thugs carrying it out on our streets.
“NSW Police are making arrests at an extraordinary pace, and they have our unequivocal support in tearing these criminal networks apart.”
Attorney General Michael Daley said:
“These powers give law enforcement the tools they need to go after organised crime suspects and their associates.
“We do not want to give suspected criminals or their associates a chance to delete their data or wipe their phone when they are put on notice to appear before the Crime Commission.
“We are making sure organised crime suspects and their associates who obstruct the work of the Crime Commission face significant penalties and potential jail time.”
