General news

The United Kingdom's Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) was launched on 3 August 2022. The authority will be made up of counter-fraud and data experts, using best-in-class tools and advanced analytics to help departments and public bodies protect public money.

Robust frameworks and control environments are key to protecting the APS, and the businesses and citizens that we interact with, from the growing economic and societal problem of fraud. To help entities strengthen their counter-fraud approach, the centre developed a catalogue of common fraud controls.

The capability of people is important to the success of any endeavour. This is also true in our efforts to counter the increasing threat and complexity of fraud. Learn about how we plan to build counter-fraud expertise across Australian Government entities by embedding knowledge about leading practices and frameworks over the next few years.

We recently interviewed ASIC Integrity Risk Specialist Stella Birch, on their experience engaging with the centre's Capability Development Support Package.

Interning at the Commonwealth Fraud Prevention

Comcover is the Australian Government’s self-managed insurance fund. The Department of Finance administers Comcover for the benefit of fund members.

Fraud controls are individual measures, processes or functions that help entities prevent, detect and respond to fraud.

How you can access and use Australian Business Register (ABR) data to make decisions and detect fraudulent behaviour.

We’ve examined responses to the annual Australian Institute of Criminology Fraud Questionnaire to work out whether entity size affects fraud prevention, detection and response.

Learn about our newly developed Launch Support Package and collaboration with the Australian Passport Office.