General news

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.

Government employees must complete mandatory training covering a number of high-risk areas, including fraud and corruption, but are they engaged with the material? Let’s take a look at some of the ways you can use gamification techniques to improve learning outcomes and compliance.

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.

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.

APSACC - Australia’s leading public sector anti-corruption conference was held mid-November 2022 and had more than 500 delegates from a wide range government entities. Officials spoke about the latest trends, research and practices in preventing, exposing and responding to corrupt conduct and corruption risks in the public sector.