Who is the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce?

As part of a whole of Government approach to combat consumer fraud and scams targeted at consumers, the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce was established in March 2005 and comprises governmental regulatory agencies and departments in Australia and New Zealand with a role in consumer protection.

The two-week campaign, from Feb 28 – March 8, 2008 is designed by the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce to help people protect themselves from scams.

The overall campaign theme is SCAMS TARGET YOU – PROTECT YOURSELF and the specific theme for the second week of the campaign is 'Protect Your Phone’.

Taskforce members are joined in communicating with Australian consumers about scams by a range of community, non-Government and private sector organisations. Visit http://www.scamwatch.gov.au for a list of Taskforce partners.

Taskforce partners also include AMTA and SETEL.

• Australian Government
  Attorney General’s Department
  
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
  
  Australian Communications and Media Authority
  
  Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
  
  Australian Federal Police (represented by the Australian High Tech Crime Centre)
  
  Australian Institute of CriminologyAustralian Securities & Investment Commission
  
  Department of Communications, Information Technology & the Arts
  

• New Zealand Government
  NZ Commerce Commission
  
  Ministry of Consumer Affairs
  

• State and Territory Governments
  All State and Territory Police jurisdictions
  
  Australian Capital Territory – Office of Fair Trading
  
  Consumer Affairs Victoria
  
  New South Wales – Office of Fair Trading
  
  Northern Territory – Department of Justice
  
  Queensland – Office of Fair Trading
  
  South Australia – Office of Consumer & Business Affairs
  
  Tasmania – Office of Consumer Affairs & Fair Trading
  
  Western Australia – Department of Consumer & Employment Protection