Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce
The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce, established in March 2005, is composed of 19 Government regulatory agencies and departments who have responsibility for consumer protection in relation to frauds and scams.
The purpose of the ACFT is to work together to enhance the Australian and New Zealand Governments’ enforcement activity against frauds and scams, to create a yearly co-ordinated information campaign for consumers timed to coincide with Global Consumer Fraud Prevention Month and to also involve the private sector in that initiative, and to share information and generate greater interest in research on consumer frauds and scams.
The members of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce are:
Australian Government
- Attorney General’s Department
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Communications and Media Authority
- Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (Chair)
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australian Securities & Investment Commission
- Australian Federal Police (represented by the Australian High Tech Crime Centre)
- Department of Communications, Information Technology & the Arts
State and Territory Governments
- Western Australia – Department of Commerce
- Australian Capital Territory – Office of Fair Trading
- Victoria - Consumer Affairs Victoria
- New South Wales – Office of Fair Trading
- Northern Territory – Department of Justice
- Queensland – Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development
- South Australia – Office of Consumer & Business Affairs
- Tasmania – Office of Consumer Affairs & Fair Trading
New Zealand Government
For more information about the Taskforce go to www.scamwatch.gov.au