Australian consumers face inconsistent protections from scams across differing service providers. The Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024 seeks to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to establish a framework for preventing and responding to scams. This bill digest details the key provisions of the Bill, providing context, definitions and international comparisons for the proposal.

Fraud and corruption undermine the integrity of and public trust in government, including by reducing funds available for government program delivery and causing financial and reputational damage to defrauded entities. This audit examines fraud controls arrangements in the Department of Health and Aged Care, using the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme as a case study of...

Governments use public money to procure goods and services. Parliament and the public need to know this money is spent fairly and transparently. This audit examines if Victorian government departments use suitable controls to prevent, detect and investigate fraud and corruption when procuring goods and services.

This guide assists NSW public sector agencies to understand the nature and prevalence of common and systemic corruption issues they are likely to encounter.

This report explains key trends in scam activity and highlights the impact of scams on the community. It also outlines some of the cooperative work of the ACCC, other government and law enforcement agencies, and the private sector, to disrupt scams and educate consumers.