The evaluation of the anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime of Australia was based on the Forty Recommendations 2003 and the Eight Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing 2001 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and was prepared using the AML/CFT Methodology 2004. The evaluation was conducted by a team of assessors composed of FATF and APG experts in criminal law, law enforcement and regulatory issues.

Australia held the presidency of the fourth Plenary year of the FATF. During this Plenary year, eight member jurisdictions underwent a mutual evaluation to examine their implementation of the FATF Recommendations.