Latest AFSA News

Date-night economics deepens amid Australia’s emerging shadow recession
AFP confiscates more than $1 million linked to illicit vape sales
Horrific deaths of research monkeys exposed in Australian breeding facilities
Parliamentary petition urges equal protections for all primates used in research
Federal Budget 2026-27: AFSA calls for $5m pilot to validate animal-free methods and improve health research translation
Address to the Australian Financial Security Authority Summit, Sydney
Gabrielle Gallagher Appointed As Registrar Of Personal Property Securities
Victorian man jailed for complex fraud to help business owners knowingly avoid bankruptcy
Perth Airport luggage search leads to CACT restraint of about $7 million in WA assets in tax evasion and money laundering investigation
Criminal asset turned crime prevention tool: How the sale of confiscated Sydney penthouse will help crime fight
AFP-led CACT restrains more than $20 million in assets including multiple super cars from Sydney pharmacist
Bitcoin, a beachside mansion and a Mercedes Benz: QLD man forfeits more than $4.5 million in assets as suspected proceeds of crime
Gold bullion fraudsters stripped of $8.7 million in assets
Criminal ‘largest buyers’ of gold bullion stripped of $8.7 million | Australian Taxation Office
NSW criminals who pretended to be the world’s largest buyers of gold bullion stripped of $8.7 million
Man ordered to pay more than $850,000 to the Commonwealth for creating and selling a child exploitation-themed video game
Australian superannuation funds hit by cyber attacks, with member
AFP-led CACT restrains home of NSW man charged with child abuse material offences
Controversial Study Sparks Outrage: Simulated Strangulation on Rats to Study Human Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
CACT Restrains $1.2 Billion In Criminal Assets
Business failures continue to propel personal insolvency chain reaction: ‘Trumponomics’ could trigger further bankruptcies, says insolvency solutions firm
AFP confiscates almost $680,000 cash in WA linked to suspected tax fraud
Trio of pressures causing personal insolvency surge: Christmas likely to be a tipping point
Failings exposed in primate research oversight
New South Wales first state to ban cruel animal tests
AFP restrains $1 billion in criminal assets in major milestone
New first-of-its-kind helpline makes it easier for businesses and individuals to reach out for insolvency guidance
New personal insolvency numbers increase in August 2022
Untrustworthy advice has real consequences for Queensland couple imprisoned for
AFSA releases Untrustworthy Advisors report
Tim Beresford reflects on his first few months as Chief Executive
Enhancing our tip-off process
Director ID – legal obligation for directors
New personal insolvency numbers decrease in July 2022
Western Australian man charged with several offences under Bankruptcy Act
Annual personal insolvencies drop by 10 per cent nationally
Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register – AFSA statistics release June
Personal bankruptcy and liquidation of company guidance updated
Australians reminded of best practice approach to debt disputes as economic chal
New personal insolvency numbers increase in June 2022
AFSA releases Compliance Program 2022-23
Support for those experiencing financial hardship