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The Centre’s Handbook of Fraud Control Testing Methods provides practical advice on the variety of methods available to test the effectiveness of fraud controls in your organisation.

The Centre's Sharing Data, Information and Intelligence Toolkit provides practical guidance and strategies to help counter-fraud professionals to overcome barriers to data sharing.

The CFPC has created a short insight report based on the AIC's annual fraud census data from 2020-21.

Our 2021-22 Activities Snapshot provides a summary of what we achieved, how we are addressing the key fraud problems and what our stakeholders think about us.

The Centre’s Guide on the Practical Use of Fraudster Personas will teach you how to use Personas in 8 very practical ways to underpin your counter fraud capability.

This guide provides key principles and methods taken from leading practices across public and private sectors. Commonwealth entities can apply or adapt these methods to suit their individual circumstances. The guide will also help fraud specialists, government officials (including policy designers) and senior leaders better understand the fraud risk assessment process and how these assessments can benefit their entity. Entities can use the tools to help them apply the concepts outlined in the guide.

The Grants Administration Counter Fraud Toolkit is designed to help Australian Government entities identify and manage fraud risks in the grants administration process from design to implementation.

The Suitability Assessment Toolkit will help Australian Government entities make informed decisions about whether third parties are suitable to deliver a program or service on behalf of the Australian Government.

This guidance provides government entities with an understanding of the risks involved when using URLs in SMS communications, key principles to consider if it is absolutely necessary to use a URL in SMS communication and importance of a considered and consistent approach to the use of URLs by all government entities.

This toolkit has been developed to help Australian Government entities design and deliver disaster relief and recovery support measures. It features a range of low-friction countermeasures and solutions that might be deployed when delivering these support measures to reduce the risk of fraud.

This toolkit has been developed to help Australian Government entities when designing and delivering economic recovery measures. It provides an overview of common fraud methods to guard against and countermeasures to deploy to reduce the risk of fraud.

Messages intending to deter fraud can be included in government announcements, communications, press releases, websites and application forms. This toolkit provides messages that are designed to communicate the likelihood that someone will be caught if they commit fraud and the consequences of being caught.

This guide is designed to help Commonwealth officials who are looking to develop a data sharing pilot to detect, disrupt or prevent fraud. It brings together key learnings and leading practices from data sharing pilots conducted in Australia and the United Kingdom.

This guide is for Commonwealth officials who want to start applying pressure testing within a Commonwealth entity. It contains 10 practical and flexible steps that officials can use to adopt pressure testing. This guide should be read in conjunction with the Commonwealth Pressure Testing Framework.

This Commonwealth Pressure Testing Framework sets out recommended best practice, key principles and materials for conducting pressure testing within Commonwealth entities.

We carried out the Fraud Capability Baseline Assessment project between November 2019 and June 2020. The aim of the Baseline Assessment Project was to capture baseline statistics of fraud exposure and counter fraud capability across a variety of Commonwealth programs and functions. This Outcomes Report provides a high-level summary of the key findings of the assessment.

It can be challenging to develop convincing and compelling investment cases for vital counter fraud resources and activities. This guide, developed in partnership with Deloitte, provides Commonwealth officials with practical steps for developing counter fraud investment cases.

Australian Government entities hold vast amounts of data and information. It is collected, stored and maintained in different systems for a range of purposes. Unlocking and sharing data and information can be a powerful tool to prevent, detect and respond to fraud. This guidance highlights the three key principles for government agencies when commencing data or information sharing activities.

This toolkit provides practical options for exercising due diligence when making decisions about the suitability of individuals and entities during pandemics and crises. This document is for official use only. If you would like a copy of the document, please request access through the contact us page

The ICAC has produced guidance to help the NSW public sector conduct due diligence checks on potential suppliers.