Every chapter. Every lesson. In the open.
The whole course is listed below — 8 modules, 26 chapters and 148 short video lessons, in the order a learner meets them. Lessons unlock one after another, each ends in a quiz, and every module ends in a checkpoint.
- Modules
- 8Modules
- Chapters
- 26Chapters
- Lessons
- 148Lessons
- Of video
- 9h 18mOf video
Assessed throughout. 3 questions after every lesson, graded on the spot with explanations, and a 12-question checkpoint at the end of every module — 80% to pass, with unlimited retries and fresh question order each time.
Your own pace. Progress is saved continuously — a learner returns to the exact minute they stopped. Average lesson: under 4 minutes.
Sourced on screen. Every lesson names the provisions it rests on — Act, Rules, AUSTRAC guidance — so nothing is taken on trust.
Module AFree for everyone
Foundations
Why Australia has an anti-money-laundering regime, the three harms it exists to stop, and how the framework fits together. Start here if this is new to you.
15 lessons · 56 min of video
Welcome
4 lessons · 16 min
- Welcome — why this academy exists
- Training is a legal obligation
- The two documents that run your compliance life
- How to use the academy
The Three Harms
6 lessons · 23 min
- What is money laundering?
- Placement, layering, integration
- What is terrorism financing?
- What is proliferation financing?
- Australia’s risk picture — the National Risk Assessments
- Why lawyers, accountants, conveyancers, agents and dealers?
The Framework
5 lessons · 17 min
- FATF and the forty recommendations
- The recommendations that shape your obligations
- Australia’s regime and AUSTRAC
- Tranche two — the 2024 reform story
- The cost of getting it wrong
Module B
The Law
How to read the Act and the Rules, and how to work out whether you provide a designated service — the single test that decides whether the regime applies to you.
11 lessons · 41 min of video
Reading the Law
5 lessons · 18 min
- The hierarchy — Act, regulations, Rules, guidance
- A guided tour of the Act
- A guided tour of the Rules 2025
- Key words you must know — part one
- Key words you must know — part two
Designated Services
6 lessons · 23 min
- The gateway question — designated services
- Table 6 — professional services (lawyers, accountants, advisers)
- Table 5 — real estate services
- Dealers — precious metals, stones and products
- Geography and edge cases
- Who is your customer?
Module C
Setting Up
Enrolling with AUSTRAC and building your AML/CTF program: the risk assessment, the policies it drives, governance and people, and appointing your compliance officer.
27 lessons · 102 min of video
Enrolment
3 lessons · 11 min
- The Reporting Entities Roll — the duty to enrol
- The enrolment application — what AUSTRAC asks
- Keeping your enrolment current
Your AML/CTF Program
4 lessons · 15 min
- What is an AML/CTF program?
- The risk-based approach
- Who does what — program roles
- Documenting and approving the program
Risk Assessment
5 lessons · 20 min
- The duty — assess your own risks
- The five risk lenses
- Evidence, not guesswork — using official risk sources
- Reviewing and updating
- When AUSTRAC directs it
Policies
6 lessons · 23 min
- The duty — develop, maintain, follow
- Policies on customer due diligence
- Policies on targeted financial sanctions
- When the boss must sign off
- Reviewing and updating policies
- Sector add-ons — real estate and transfers of value
Governance & People
6 lessons · 22 min
- The governing body’s job
- Reports up the line
- Personnel due diligence
- Personnel training — running the cycle
- Independent evaluations
- Three safeguards
The Compliance Officer
3 lessons · 11 min
- One person must own it
- The fit and proper test
- The officer’s job in practice
Module D
Customer Due Diligence
Knowing who your customer is — initial checks, when they must happen, how to scale them to risk, what to do with higher-risk customers, and keeping it current over the life of the retainer.
28 lessons · 101 min of video
Initial CDD
10 lessons · 35 min
- Customer due diligence in one picture
- What section 28 requires
- Individuals and sole traders
- Companies, partnerships and associations
- Trusts — the structure to respect
- Government bodies
- People around the customer
- Beneficial owners — the real people behind it
- Nature, purpose — and imperfect evidence
- Exemptions and your existing clients
Timing
3 lessons · 12 min
- The default — checks first
- Delayed verification — the key cases
- Real estate — checks around settlement
Scaling Your Checks
4 lessons · 14 min
- Simplified checks — when less is allowed
- Enhanced checks — when more is required
- Source of wealth, source of funds
- When crypto touches the deal
Higher-Risk Customers
5 lessons · 18 min
- What is a politically exposed person?
- Australia’s own PEPs — the list
- Serving a PEP — what changes
- Sanctions — the list you never touch
- Nested relationships
Ongoing CDD
6 lessons · 22 min
- The relationship doesn’t end at onboarding
- Watching for the unusual
- Trigger events and periodic reviews
- Using others’ checks — agents and reliance
- Customers who arrive by transfer
- Keep open notices — when police ask you to keep going
Module E
Reporting and Records
What you must report to AUSTRAC and when, the records you must keep and for how long, and the tipping-off rule that governs what you may say about a report.
11 lessons · 40 min of video
Reporting
7 lessons · 24 min
- Your reports are intelligence
- Suspicious matter reports — when suspicion arises
- What goes in a suspicious matter report
- Threshold transaction reports
- The annual compliance report
- Fixing a report — amending and withdrawing
- Cash across the border
Records & Tipping Off
4 lessons · 16 min
- What you must keep — and for how long
- The work, kept as proof
- Tipping off — what you can never do
- Identity information and privacy
Module F
Regulator and Staying Compliant
Who AUSTRAC is and how it supervises, what happens in an audit or enforcement action, and the review cycle that keeps your program current after the first year.
7 lessons · 29 min of video
The Regulator
4 lessons · 18 min
- How AUSTRAC supervises
- Audits — yours and theirs
- The enforcement ladder
- Engaging in good faith
Staying Compliant
3 lessons · 11 min
- Your compliance calendar
- The evaluation loop
- Training that never goes stale
Module G
Sector Starter Kits
The regime applied to your work, sector by sector: accounting, the legal profession, conveyancing, real estate, and jewellers and dealers in precious metals and stones.
46 lessons · 180 min of video
Accounting
9 lessons · 34 min
- The accounting starter kit — your starting point
- The four key documents
- Step one — customise your program
- Client forms — onboarding and initial CDD
- Escalation forms — from unease to decision
- Ongoing monitoring forms
- Personnel forms — checked and trained
- Maintain-program forms — step three in action
- Worked examples — dealing with clients
Legal Profession
10 lessons · 41 min
- The legal profession starter kit
- The key documents — and the two risk assessments
- Step one — customise your program
- Client forms — the two form sets
- Escalation forms — from unease to decision
- Ongoing monitoring — two forms that keep CDD current
- Personnel forms — names against roles
- Maintain-program forms — step three in action
- Worked examples — three clients, three speeds
- Privilege and AML/CTF
Conveyancing
9 lessons · 36 min
- The conveyancing starter kit — overview and structure
- The key documents — risk assessments, policy, process
- Step 1 — customise your program
- Client forms — onboarding, initial CDD and the request to verify
- Escalation forms — from unusual to reported
- Ongoing monitoring — periodic and trigger reviews
- Personnel forms — roles, vetting, training
- Maintain-program forms — Step 3 in action
- Worked examples — risk at the settlement table
Real Estate
9 lessons · 34 min
- The real estate starter kit — overview
- The four key documents
- Step 1 — customise your program
- Customer forms — onboarding and initial CDD
- Escalation forms — from unusual to reported
- Ongoing monitoring forms
- Personnel forms
- Maintain-program forms — Step 3 in action
- Worked examples — dealing with customers
Jewellers & Dealers
9 lessons · 35 min
- The jeweller starter kit — how it works
- The four key documents
- Step 1 — customise your program
- Customer forms — two forms do the work
- Escalation forms — from unusual to reported
- Ongoing monitoring — two forms that watch
- Personnel forms — small shop, real roles
- Step 3 — keep the program alive
- Worked examples — at the counter
Module N
Next Steps
Turning what you have learned into a working program — what to do first, who to involve, and how to keep the evidence your training obligation asks for.
3 lessons · 10 min of video
Next Steps
3 lessons · 10 min
- Your ten-step compliance journey
- The obligation, managed as one workflow
- Staying current — where to watch
Start where everyone starts — Foundations, free
The first 15 lessons above cost nothing and never will. The rest comes with a licence — AUD $199 + GST per learner for 12 months.
Taught from: AML/CTF Act 2006 (Cth) · Compilation No. 62 · C2026C00274 · 1 July 2026
AML/CTF Rules 2025 · Compilation No. 1 · F2026C00274 · 31 March 2026
Lex-AML supports compliance workflows and record keeping. It does not provide legal advice, does not guarantee compliance, and does not replace professional judgement or advice from a qualified AML/CTF adviser or legal professional.