ABSTRACT
As in many other public sector institutions in Australia, the Australian Defence Organisation has had responsibility for fraud control, prevention and detection since the late 1980s. More specific policy guidance was afforded public sector agencies in 1994 with the development of interim guidelines on the fraud control policy of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Law Enforcement Board (CLEB) develops and reviews policy and practices on a regular basis. Each Commonwealth agency has an annual reporting requirement to CLEB on fraud and fraud control measures. This enables CLEB to identify common trends in fraud statistics across the Commonwealth, while ensuring that the quality of investigations and reporting satisfy standards set for the conduct of investigations and preparation of briefs of evidence for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
