ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the principal anti-corruption laws that apply in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the dedicated anti-corruption agencies in the two nations. The authors also review codes of conduct and ethical rules as anti-corruption measures. They also review the legislative response from Australia and New Zealand to international obligations concerning the investigation and regulation of foreign bribery under the OECD 156Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (1997) and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (2005). The chapter explores the structural responses to corruption as opposed to a series of behavioral descriptions of corruption within the jurisdictions, with cases to illustrate the nature of corruption and reform measures. Lessons learned from the two jurisdictions are also presented.
