Professional Investigative Services | Townsville & NQ

Locally Owned and Queensland Licensed with Over 30 Years of Experience.

Welcome to Townsville Private Investigator (operated by The Private Group Pty Ltd). We provide discreet, legally compliant investigation and surveillance services for individuals, businesses, and the legal profession across Townsville and the surrounding North Queensland region.

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Our team is led by a former Queensland Police officer with extensive experience in divisional and criminal investigation branches (CIB). Because we understand that a court or tribunal requires facts rather than allegations, our primary focus is always on gathering lawful, admissible evidence. Whether you are dealing with a sensitive family matter, investigating a suspected workplace insurance fraud, or requiring a local process server, we handle your inquiry with strict confidentiality.

For an obligation-free, confidential quote, you can contact our team 24/7 on 07 4778 8970, mobile 0427 703 120, or via our Online Enquiry Form. For process serving call 0428 762 722, or email [email protected].

The principle investigator has held positions as officer in charge of a CIB, officer in charge of a station, and police division. He was trained by the Queensland Police under the old system long investigator course, and was subsequently seconded to a specialist unit. He has received a number of honours and awards. He has cross trained in a variety of areas including Workplace Health and Safety, construction and High Risk activities, and was even a trainer of investigators. We are THE Townsville Private Investigator.

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Our investigations include private investigator surveillance, factual investigation, background checks, and research. Local, and experienced private investigator firm, we offer a premium service at a competitive rate. You suspect, we investigate, across the Townsville city, and the surrounding region, and report to you. We provide a service to the individual, corporate clients, and the legal profession.

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Private investigation, using a Qld licensed private investigator, is legal. The evidence obtained can be used for court, a tribunal, insurance purposes, negotiation, or personal information. It is legal to hire a private investigator. You are entitled to investigate, to gather evidence, to protect yourself, or your business.

A private investigator is licensed to gather private information, conduct surveillance, and investigate a missing person. A private investigation firm is licensed to employ, or contract, private investigators. We investigate for a client, and report only to them. We are Qld licensed investigators, we are Townsville investigators.

What we do is legal; we have been investigating, gathering evidence for clients, for over 30 years. We are licensed, experienced, investigators, providing private investigation services. We utilise current technology, to gather information, and provide evidence to clients. We are aware of the limits, and restrictions, placed on the use of some technology. Our objective is to gather evidence for our clients, legally; evidence legally gathered may be used for court, tribunal, family law appearances, for negotiation, and personal information purposes.

Why use a private investigator, a private detective? A Qld licensed private investigator is authorised to investigate, to gather private information, and conduct private investigator surveillance, as a commercial activity. We are licensed professionals who investigate legal, or personal, matters for clients. We gather, analyze, and report information, this includes through surveillance, background checks, interviews and affidavit taking. We do conduct missing person inquiries, and skip tracing, searching for people. We are experienced, licensed, and discreet.

We are the active arm of the action, investigating for you. Solicitors are the passive arm, waiting for evidence to be bought to them. Your legal team is focused on the theatre of court, negotiation with the opposing side, the use of precedent and case law. Private investigators, private detectives, get out and ask questions, conduct surveillance, and get the required evidence.

We know the area, we know the people, and we know our trade. Contact us when a professional investigation, by an experienced investigator, is required. When you need your matter investigated, we provide that investigative support.

We investigate both civil, and criminal, matters. In all contested hearing the truth is an allegation, unless supported by evidence, or surrounding circumstances. The time to gather evidence is before any court hearing has commenced, if practicable.

Physical evidence includes surveillance footage (evidence of that was happening, recorded at the time), and documents. Historical evidence is found through a factual investigation, talking to people, taking affidavits, statements, and collected documentary evidence. Circumstantial evidence is from the actual circumstances in which something occurred, applying logic (e.g. someone claims they didn't drive, and yet received a ticket for speeding that day, being intercepted by police). The fourth element, which comes from the other three, is emotion. The emotional factor can be a predictor of actions, a motive.

A solicitor's focus is maneuvering against the opposing solicitor, presenting the clients case, representing the client; it is about the theatre of the court. The private investigator is investigating for the client, seeking the evidence required to support the client; they are the active arm. A private investigation is about adding to the ammunition the solicitor can use in court.

Evidence is not generally found in a solicitor's office. Private investigators investigate to gather evidence.

A discreet personal investigation is about giving some power, some control, back to the partner being cheated on. When you suspect, we investigate. Having suspicions investigated may either save a marriage, or provide surety to make decisions.

For some matters we act on the behalf of a victim, establishing that the business was aware of a risk, and ignored it, or failed to put adequate controls in place. We are evidence gatherers, we conduct a private investigation.

When you need evidence, investigate. We are local, experienced, licensed. We do travel to provide a service, as required.

We provides services across Townsville and its surrounds. The City of Townsville local government area includes the central business district, inner-city residential areas, outer suburban developments, rural localities, and Magnetic Island. ownsville is the largest city in tropical Australia.
Inner-City and Central Suburbs
• Aitkenvale
• Annandale
• Belgian Gardens
• Castle Hill
• Cluden
• Condon
• Cranbrook
• Cranbrook
• Currajong
• Douglas (includes James Cook University)
• Garbutt
• Gulliver
• Heatley
• Hermit Park
• Hyde Park
• Idalia
• Mundingburra
• Murray (includes Lavarack Barracks)
• Mysterton
• North Ward
• Oonoonba
• Pallarenda
• Pimlico
• Railway Estate
• Rosslea
• Rowes Bay
• South Townsville
• Townsville City (CBD)
• Vincent
• West End
• Wulguru
Northern and Thuringowa Suburbs
• Alice River
• Black River
• Bluewater
• Bluewater Park
• Bohle
• Bohle Plains
• Burdell
• Bushland Beach
• Cosgrove
• Deeragun
• Jensen
• Kelso
• Kirwan
• Mount Louisa
• Mount Low
• Mount St John
• Rangewood
• Rasmussen
 Shaw
Southern and Rural Suburbs
• Alligator Creek
• Barringha
• Brookhill
• Calcium
• Cape Cleveland
• Clemant
• Crimea
• Crystal Creek
• Cungulla
• Granite Vale
• Gumlow
• Hervey Range• Julago
• Majors Creek
• Mount Elliot
• Mount Stuart
• Nome
• Oak Valley
• Partington
• Rangewood
• Reid River
• Roseneath
• Ross River
• Rupertswood
• Stuart
• Toonpan
• Woodstock
Northern Beaches and Coastal Areas
• Balgal Beach
• Beach Holm
• Mutarnee
• Paluma
• Purono Park
• Rollingstone
• Saunders Beach
• Shelly Beach
Magnetic Island (so named by Captain Cook)
• Arcadia
• Horseshoe Bay
• Nelly Bay
• Picnic Bay

We operate across North Queensland, from Mackay and Airlie Beach, to Innisfail, Cairns and Port Douglas; we do travel to meet the needs of clients. Areas serviced include Charters Towers, and further West to Hughenden and Richmond, as required; we do conduct investigations in Mt Isa from time to time. We cover Ingham and Cardwell private investigation, plus Ayr, Home Hill, and Bowen. We are a private investigation Townsville investigator service, as well as providing Townsville process server, Townsville document server, services, through our sister business. Contact us.