Documents relating to the Fraud Fusion Taskforce

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The release contains Department of Education records relating to the Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT), a multi-agency partnership of around 17 government bodies including the NDIA, Services Australia, ACIC and AFP, aimed at detecting and preventing fraud and serious organised crime across government payments. The documents include a template notice to recipients of protected information under section 168 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, a task card and email templates for bulk disclosure of Child Care Subsidy data to the ACIC Fraud Fusion Centre, public interest certificates, a Secretary-level disclosure authorisation dated August 2024, and a summary of Australian Government Solicitor legal advice. Most operational detail, including data sets, dataset descriptions and the scope of information, is redacted. The records set out permitted-use limits requiring written department consent for any other purpose.