Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I can do that. The Welfare Fraud Task Force is going to specifically target high-risk geographic clusters that are identified by the work of the department. The task force will have two teams that are going to undertake very high visibility campaigns to investigate and deter welfare fraud in the specific areas. We are currently working with the Australian Federal Police to appoint a senior member of the AFP to lead this task force. That officer will lead the work to identify geographic fraud hotspots and the associated investigations into both fraud and noncompliance. Certainly, the AFP has previously seconded officers to my department, but this individual will be a significantly more senior officer with a broader whole-of-government approach to tackling welfare fraud.