General news

International Fraud Awareness Week took place from November 12-18 2023.

It’s that time of the year when entities are asked to complete the Australian Institute of Criminology’s annual fraud against the Commonwealth census. Read about how your entity can help promote transparency, as well as upcoming changes that will impact reporting requirements.

The best way to manage fraud is to focus efforts on developing a strong culture that promotes and values fraud prevention. If you can’t find fraud, you can’t fight it.

Fraud control testing capability has been expanding in Australia and in other international jurisdictions such as the United States (US) over the last few years. Now, it is heading to the United Kingdom (UK).

Between April and July 2023, Chris McDermott from Australia’s Commonwealth Fraud Prevention Centre was seconded to the UK’s Public Sector Fraud Authority. The CEO of the PSFA, Mark Cheeseman, sat down with Chris to reflect on his time working in the centre of the UK’s Counter Fraud Function.

The release of the Fraud and Corruption Rule and Policy has been delayed.

The United Kingdom’s Public Sector Fraud Authority and the Centre entered into a counter fraud partnership on 23 February 2023. The partnership will help Australia and the UK to build capabilities to protect public sector entities from fraudsters.

The United Kingdom’s Public Sector Fraud Authority, in collaboration with the CFPC, has released a new tool to increase capability in Internal Fraud Prevention.