Bribery of foreign officials

Corruption undermines fair competition and can have disastrous consequences for developing economies, ultimately shrinking the global market for Australian exports and investment.

The Australian Government works on a number of fronts to fight bribery and corruption both here and overseas. This approach helps support better governance and legal systems. It also helps improve Australia's investment opportunities overseas and is an important aspect of our excellent global reputation as a corruption-free trading partner.

Australia works to raise awareness of these offences to ensure that they are enforced and that suspected breaches are reported. Further information is provided by the Attorney-General's Department, Foreign bribery.