Resources

AUSTRAC

• Legal profession program starter kit: Getting started 
• Legal profession program starter kit: Customising your program using the starter kit 
• Essentials checklist 
• Summary of AML CTF obligations for tranche II entities
• Money Laundering in Action National Risk Assessment 
• Guidance on who is a PEP 
• Guidance for the AML CTF Reforms
• Risk insights and indicators for legal professionals

AUSTRAC Webinar Recordings 

AUSTRAC have made the recordings of their online webinars for the legal sector available for free on the AUSTRAC Youtube channel. Links to the specific webinars are below:

• An overview of key AML CTF obligations
• Money laundering and terrorism financing risks
• Customer due diligence (CDD)
• Outsourcing

AUSTRAC’s E-learning Centre also includes links to AUSTRAC’s Governance Guides (including quick guide for sole traders, AML CTF compliance officers and senior managers).

Law Society Brief articles 

• The AUSTRAC starter kit: A practical roadmap by Fiona Halsey (Feb 2026)
• The AMLCO role in Australian law firms: A regulatory overview [of the new compliance officer role] post 30 June by Fiona Halsey (February 2026)
• The day-to-day obligations of the AMLCO by Fiona Halsey (February 2026)
• Australia’s new AML CTF policies: Starter kits, real risks and lessons from Mounties by Fiona Halsey (Sept 2025)
• Countdown is on for AML CTF reforms by Fiona Halsey (Aug 2025)
• The new AML CTF officer: A new gatekeeper role from 1 July 2026 by Fiona Halsey (Aug 2025)
• Countdown to AML CTF compliance: What AUSTRAC expects from lawyers by Fiona Halsey (Aug 2025)
• We’ve never seen a change like this by Fiona Halsey (July 2025)

Financial Action Task Force (FTAF) – International

• Financial Flows from Human Trafficking (general information) 
• FATF Guidance for a Risk Based Approach – Legal Professionals (not Australia specific)

Other state and territory law societies

• Law Institute of Victoria AML CTF Hub 
• Law Society of New South Wales AML CTF Hub
• Queensland Law Society AML CTF Page
• Northern Territory Law Society AML CTF resource page
• Law Society of South Australia AML CTF Page
• Law Society of the ACT AML CTF Hub

Law Council of Australia Resources

• LCA AML CTF Guidance Overview and Notes 
• Legal Practice workshop notes for identifying and assessing risk
• Workshop Notes – Case Studies
• Red Flags List for Legal Practitioners
• Vulnerability Analysis for the Australian Legal Profession 

Other

• Insight from Grant Thornton on the AUSTRAC Starter Kits/Programs 
• Video recording “AML Sorted: Introduction to AML and how lawyers are targeted” (Amy Bell, AML Sorted, Feb 2025) 
• Lawyer’s Weekly Podcast “Why have AML CTF caused such a stir” with Jeremy Moller, Norton Rose Fulbright (Dec 2024)
• Video recording “Overview of AML CTF” by ACT Law Society