Inter-Agency Phoenix Forum

Fraudulent phoenix activity has a detrimental effect upon the regulatory effectiveness of government agencies as well as the whole community. Fraudulent phoenix activity affects employees (who may never receive their superannuation and other entitlements), businesses (trying to compete against an unfair advantage), government (with significant monitoring and enforcement costs) and the environment (via avoidance of regulatory obligations). Finally, fraudulent phoenix activity affects the revenue of Australia.

The Inter-Agency Phoenix Forum was established to bring together key government agencies to share intelligence and identify, design and implement cross-agency strategies to reduce and deter fraudulent phoenix activity.

Members of the forum are:

• Australian Crime Commission (ACC)
• Australian Federal Police (AFP)
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
• Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
• Clean Energy Regulator (CER)
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
• Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC)
• Fair Work Building & Construction (FWBC)
• Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO)
• Phoenix activity report - sizing the problem and matching solutions
• State and territory revenue offices.

For more information on the Inter-Agency Phoenix Forum, visit Community consultation forums: Small-to-medium enterprises.