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Australia

General information

• Surface : 7 741 220 square kilometers (source: United Nations - 2002)
• Total population : 19 942 410 (source: United Nations - 2004)
• Gross domestic product (source: World Bank - 2004):
  • GDP (purchasing power parity): USD 605.942 million
  • GDP (per capita): USD 29,200
• Membership :
  • FATF since 1990
  • APG
  • Observer organisations (to FATF): AsDB, Commonwealth Secretariat, EBRD, Egmont Group, IAIS, IMF, IOSCO, Interpol, OECD, UN, World Bank, WCO

Useful links

• Lead Ministry/Authority in FATF Delegation
  • Attorney General’s Department (en)

• Others Ministries/Authorities
  • Australia government (en)
  • Australian Transaction Reports & Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) [Financial Intelligence Unit] (en)
  • Department of Finance and Administration (en)
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (en)
  • Department of Defence (en)
  • Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (en)
  • Treasury Department (en)

• Other useful links
  • Australian Law Online (en)
  • Australasian Legal Information Institute (en)
  • Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia (en)