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Contents

• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Introduction
• Review of the 2015-19 National Action Plan
• Learnings to inform the development of the next National Action Plan
• Conclusion
• References

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Prevalence of identity crime
• Characteristics of recent incidents
• Economic losses
• Impact on victims
• Reporting the misuse of personal information
• Risk and prevention of misuse of personal information
• Discussion
• References
• Appendix A: Identity crime survey 2019
• Appendix B: Methodological details

Contents

• Abstract
• Executive summary
  • Cost of identity crime
• Introduction
• Methodology
  • Components of the cost of identity crime and misuse
• Direct costs
  • Costs to Commonwealth government entities
  • Costs to individuals
  • Cost of serious identity crime
  • Police-recorded identity crime
  • Additional direct costs
  • Summary of direct costs
• Indirect costs
  • Public sector prevention and response costs

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Abstract
• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Acquisition of fraudulent identities
• Use of fraudulent identities
• Remediation of identity crime
• Prevention of identity crime
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendix A: Measurement framework indicators
• Appendix B: Definition of key terms
• Appendix C: Government data
• Appendix D: Police data

The estimated cost of identity crime in Australia in 2018–19 (including direct and indirect costs) was $3.1b—17 percent more than in 2015–16.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has released three new statistical reports examining identity crime and misuse in Australia:

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms
• Abstract
• Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program
  • Data collection
• Drug and alcohol use
  • Amphetamine-type stimulants
  • Cannabis
  • Opioids
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Cocaine
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Cocaine
  • Reported alcohol use
• Drug market indicators
  • Methamphetamine
  • Cannabis
  • Heroin
• Drug-crime attribution
• References

In 2019, 78 percent (n=676) of detainees tested positive to at least one type of drug, and 44 percent (n=382) tested positive to more than one drug type. Methamphetamine had the highest test positive rate of any drug (51%, n=444), and was also described as the most readily available.

Drug use monitoring in Australia: Drug use among police detainees, 2019