In November, the Australian government released a consultation paper seeking comment on its proposal to remove facilitation payments as a defence to the prohibition on paying bribes to foreign public officials. This follows the government’s announcement in September that it is committing funds to develop and implement Australia’s first national anti-corruption plan.
The anti-corruption regime
Partner
Blake Dawson Sydney
Australian law prohibits the bribery of domestic and foreign public officials. This prohibition is contained in the Criminal Code Act 1995. Contravening this law is a criminal offence.
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Jane Ellis is a partner in the Sydney office of Blake Dawson and IChing Lee is a foreign lawyer in the Shanghai office of Blake Dawson
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