AUSTRAC’s new AML/CTF Rules 2025, effective in phases from 31 March and 1 July 2026, strengthen obligations for reporting entities and new sectors, boosting efforts to detect and combat ML/TF risks

The rules will be implemented in phases: 31 March 2026: Changes to AML/CTF obligations commence for current reporting entities, excluding threshold transaction reporting and suspicious matter reporting, which will remain unchanged until 2029. 31 March 2026: Enrolment opens for newly regulated sectors (tranche 2). 1 July 2026: AML/CTF obligations begin for tranche 2 entities…