Significant Changes on the Horizon for Australia’s Anti-Bribery and Corruption Framework

Over the past two years the Australian Government has introduced a number of reforms to its anti-bribery and corruption legislative regime. The new measures, which include new and enhanced bribery and books and record offenses, a DPA program and enhanced whistleblower protections, are designed to advance the country’s ability to combat overseas bribery and will bring Australia’s laws closer to a U.K. Bribery Act-model of anti-corruption law. In a guest article, Allen & Overy partner Jason Gray and his colleagues Caroline Marshall and Edward Einfeld unpack the legislative updates, outline Australia’s investigatory strategies and discuss the country’s increasing role in multinational corruption investigations. See “Australia’s Shifting Foreign Bribery Regime” (Dec. 2, 2015).

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