--- title: Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland, latest period resource: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/ publisher: Department of Justice licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2026-05-07 rows: 637 fields: 14 source: https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/a7cfbaf5-80f5-439f-8bf4-b6f5689349e5/resource/a8dc2bc6-7b65-4e82-92ab-acde95d01490/download/4.-legal-and-enforcement-actions-01012026-31032026.csv source_sha256: eb24115eab8d0a421f9dc0ef7423808e3c2b5238c51bb97bc0a436424d56ebd7 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland, latest period Each legal and enforcement action taken by the Queensland Office of Fair Trading in the newest published period, with industry, outcome, fines, penalties and sections breached. Published by Department of Justice under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Justice has not endorsed this site. Also called: Fair Trading prosecutions Queensland, OFT warnings and infringement notices QLD, Queensland consumer law enforcement actions. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.csv (85 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.xlsx (36 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.json (244 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.parquet (17 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.sqlite (127 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.ndjson (243 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.arrow (23 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.csv.gz (8.0 KB) Pinned version 2026-05-07: `https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/aggregate?group=legal_action_type&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `legal_action_type`: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/by/legal_action_type/index.json lists 7 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `legal_action` | string | LEGAL ACTION | | | `legal_action_type` | string | LEGAL ACTION TYPE | | | `industry_group` | string | INDUSTRY GROUP | | | `trader_type` | string | TRADER TYPE | | | `date_initiated` | date | DATE_INITIATED | | | `outcome_date` | date | OUTCOME_DATE | | | `fines` | number | FINES | | | `compensation` | number | COMPENSATION | | | `costs_awarded` | number | COSTS AWARDED | | | `conviction` | string | CONVICTION | | | `oft_region` | string | OFT_REGION_NAME (TRADER) | | | `penalty_amount` | number | PENALTY AMOUNT | | | `sections_breached` | string | LEGAL_ACTION_SECTIONS | The Act and section for each breach, joined by semicolons as the office writes them. | | `breach_count` | integer | LEGAL_ACTION_BREACH_COUNT | | Key: `legal_action`. ## Versions - 2026-05-07: 637 rows, 14 fields, sha256 eb24115eab8d. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/history.tar.zst ## Part of Office of Fair Trading complaints, enforcement and registers, Queensland - [Consumer complaints received by the Office of Fair Trading, Queensland, latest period](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-consumer-complaints/) - [Occupational licences held by type and region, Queensland, latest count](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-licences-by-region/) - [Registered associations, charities and cooperatives by region, Queensland, latest count](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-registered-organisations-by-region/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Traffic and camera offences and fines, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/) (ACT) - [Parking offences and fines, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-parking-offences/) (ACT) - [Traffic infringements and charges issued by police district, Queensland, from 2013-14](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-traffic-infringements-issued/) (Qld) - [Traffic and other offences on police-issued expiation notices, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-police-expiation-offences/) (SA) - [Traffic camera offences and fines, ACT, 2010 to 2021](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences-2010-2021/) (ACT) - [Young people in youth detention each day by legal status, Queensland 2011 to 2016](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-youth-detention-daily-by-legal-status/) (Qld) - [Speed and red light camera offences, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-camera-expiation-offences/) (SA) - [Liquor and gaming licences, South Australia, September 2018](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-liquor-gaming-licences-2018/) (SA) - [Land transfer duty by postcode, Victoria, 2021-22](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-land-transfer-duty-by-postcode/) (Vic) - [Land tax by municipality, Victoria, 2024](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-land-tax-by-municipality/) (Vic) - [Unclaimed money claims processed by year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-unclaimed-money-claims/) (Vic) - [Unclaimed money paid out by year, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-unclaimed-money-payments/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Department of Justice, Queensland Government, Legal and Enforcement Actions, Office of Fair Trading, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/legal-and-enforcement-actions-office-of-fair-trading, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Justice, Queensland Government, Legal and Enforcement Actions, Office of Fair Trading, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/legal-and-enforcement-actions-office-of-fair-trading, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/ Harvard: Department of Justice (2026) Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland, latest period, version 2026-05-07 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/ Markdown: Data: [Office of Fair Trading complaints, enforcement and registers, Queensland](https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/legal-and-enforcement-actions-office-of-fair-trading), Department of Justice, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 637 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland updated? Justice releases it quarterly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland commercially? Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Office of Fair Trading legal and enforcement actions, Queensland? No. The publisher is Department of Justice, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/legal-and-enforcement-actions-office-of-fair-trading. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one legal action type? Every version has one JSON file per value of legal_action_type, 7 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/by/legal_action_type/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions/v/2026-05-07/by/legal_action_type/admin-disciplinary-action.json holds the 305 rows where legal_action_type is ADMIN DISCIPLINARY ACTION. ### What is in each row? One legal or enforcement action by the Office of Fair Trading, such as a warning, an infringement notice, an administrative disciplinary action or a court prosecution, with the industry, the type of trader, the dates it began and ended, any fine, compensation, costs, penalty amount and conviction, the region and the sections of the law breached. ### What does a dot mean? The office writes a full stop where an amount or count does not apply, such as the fine for a warning. Those cells are null here. ### Are traders named? No. The office identifies each action by a reference number and the trader by type only. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/qld-fair-trading-enforcement-actions.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.