Yes. Module A — Foundations is free and stays free: all 15 lessons, every quiz, the module checkpoint and the module certificate. You need an account and nothing else — no card details, no trial period that runs out.

The AML/CTF regime reached tens of thousands of businesses — many of them small firms — on 1 July 2026, and everyone in those businesses now needs a first honest grounding in it. We would rather that grounding be good and free than gated. The rest of the course is how we earn a licence fee.

Do I get anything to show for it?

Completing the module — every lesson watched, every quiz passed, and the 12-question checkpoint passed at 80% — earns a serial-numbered Foundations module certificate that anyone can verify by its QR code.

How long will it take?

There are 15 lessons and 56 minutes of video, each lesson a few minutes long. Do it in one sitting or across a week of coffee breaks — progress is saved, and the course reopens exactly where you stopped.

Training Academy · Foundations

Free AML/CTF foundation training

Australia’s AML/CTF regime now reaches lawyers, conveyancers, accountants, real estate professionals and dealers. Foundations gives you and your team a first, honest grounding in it — 15 short video lessons, assessed, with a certificate at the end. Free for everyone, no card required.

Create a free account15 lessons · 56 minutes · certificate included

What you learn

The regime, from the beginning

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. Every lesson quotes the law on screen and names the sections it rests on, so you are never asked to take a claim on trust.

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 A — Foundations artwork from the Training Academy — Module A · Foundations

What free includes

All 15 lessons — 56 minutes of video
A three-question quiz after every lesson, with explanations
The 12-question module checkpoint
A serial-numbered Foundations certificate, verifiable by QR code
Your progress saved — leave and return whenever you like

A three-question lesson quiz in the Training Academy, with one question shown and four answer options — Assessed, not just watched · app screenshot, example data

Video thumbnail: Australia’s whole AML/CTF system explained — FATF down to your desk

Written for the professions the law reached on 1 July 2026

Foundations is profession-neutral by design — it is the grounding everyone in a practice shares, whether they run files, run the trust account or run the firm.

Fair questions

Is it actually free?: Yes. Module A — Foundations is free and stays free: all 15 lessons, every quiz, the module checkpoint and the module certificate. You need an account and nothing else — no card details, no trial period that runs out.
Why is it free?: The AML/CTF regime reached tens of thousands of businesses — many of them small firms — on 1 July 2026, and everyone in those businesses now needs a first honest grounding in it. We would rather that grounding be good and free than gated. The rest of the course is how we earn a licence fee.
Do I get anything to show for it?: Completing the module — every lesson watched, every quiz passed, and the 12-question checkpoint passed at 80% — earns a serial-numbered Foundations module certificate that anyone can verify by its QR code.
How long will it take?: There are 15 lessons and 56 minutes of video, each lesson a few minutes long. Do it in one sitting or across a week of coffee breaks — progress is saved, and the course reopens exactly where you stopped.

When Foundations has done its job, the rest of the course is there — seven more modules through the law, setting up, customer due diligence, reporting and your sector’s starter kit, at AUD $199 + GST per learner for 12 months. See the whole Academy.

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Create an account, press play on lesson one, and see whether the way we teach this suits you and your people.

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