Transparency International Australia (TI Australia) is pleased to provide the attached submission to the Statutory Review of the Crimes Act Legislation Amendment (Combating Foreign Bribery) Act 2024.
Submission
TI Australia and the Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church focus in this submission on critical aspects of legislation including director identification numbers and ASIC’s regulatory powers.
Who benefits from the company behind the company? The public has a right to know.
Transparency International Australia welcomes the inquiry into Australia’s sanctions regime. Sanctions can be a powerful anti-corruption tool, complementing the AML/CTF framework and aligning Australia with global standards. We recommend an independent taskforce to coordinate enforcement, link sanctions to investigations, and improve transparency.
Transparency International Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comments and recommendations to this proposal being the second consultation on modernising Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime.
Transparency International Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comments and recommendations to this proposal being the second consultation on modernising Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) regime.
Transparency International Australia’s submission focuses on some substantive issues, definitional improvements and a number of specific suggestions to provide greater clarity for corporations. We also hope the guidance can result in stronger anti-bribery and corruption compliance programs more broadly.
This joint submission from Publish What You Pay Australia, Transparency International Australia, and the Jubilee Australia Research Centre on the exposure draft of Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024: Multinational tax transparency— country by country reporting, focuses on on the unique risks for tax evasion, profit shifting and corruption in the
extractives sector.
This submission has been signed by 18 civil society organisations with the common goal of reducing big industries’ influence over Australian politics – including industries like gambling, fossil fuels, weapons and tobacco – and increasing the accountability of our elected representatives.
Transparency International Australia is pleased to provide a joint submission with Griffith University’s Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Human Rights Law Centre to on the need for comprehensive reform of Commonwealth whistleblower protection legislation.