 Gray led the Liberals to victory in the 1982 election, and Bingham was appointed as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General in Gray's cabinet (as well as Minister for Education, Industrial Relations, and Police and Emergency Services).Bingham resigned from parliament on 13 June 1984, and subsequently joined the National Crime Authority, a federal law enforcement body focussing on organised crime.In 1989, he was a founding commissioner of the Criminal Justice Commission in Queensland—responsible for a review into the powers of the Queensland Police recommended by the Fitzgerald Inquiry.