AML Starter Kit Assistant

Most compliance work is not hard. It is just unstarted. This gets you started.

A free, local-first wizard that customises AUSTRAC's Legal profession program starter kit to your firm. Tranche 2 obligations commence 1 July 2026. Built for Australian legal practices of 15 or fewer.

Download v0.2.0 (about 12 MB) .zip - extract, then double-click the .html inside aml-starter-kit-v0.2.0.zip - SHA-256 published with each release

How to use it

  1. Click Download v0.2.0 above. Save the ZIP to your computer.
  2. Open the ZIP and extract the two files to a folder you'll remember (e.g. your Documents folder).
  3. Double-click aml-starter-kit-v0.2.0.html. It opens in your browser.
  4. Work through the 12 steps. Your answers stay on your computer.

Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. Any modern browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari). The ZIP contains the wizard plus a small companion file used by the in-app journey map.

What it does

Walks you through suitability check, practice profile, governance, the nine designated services under AML/CTF Act s 6(5B) Table 6, customer types and risk profile, customer due diligence, reporting (SMR / TTR / IFTI), recordkeeping, training, and key dates. Then generates the AUSTRAC starter-kit documents (policy, risk assessment, customer forms, maintain-program forms) pre-filled with your inputs, ready to review and adapt.

What it does not do. It is not legal advice. It does not decide compliance, verify customer identity, screen sanctions or PEPs, monitor transactions, or lodge reports to AUSTRAC. Those remain with the practice.

Privacy and security

Your data never leaves your computer. The wizard runs entirely in your browser. There is no server. There is no analytics. There is no account. Your inputs are stored in your browser's local storage on your machine, and exported backups are encrypted by default with a passphrase you choose.

Read PRIVACY.md for the full privacy posture, and LPP.md for how solicitor confidentiality and legal professional privilege are handled.

Verify the download

Show verification steps

Each release publishes a SHA256SUMS.txt file and a SLSA Level 3 provenance attestation. The release page is the canonical source of truth.

Windows (PowerShell):

Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -Path .\aml-starter-kit-v0.2.0.zip

macOS / Linux:

shasum -a 256 aml-starter-kit-v0.2.0.zip

Compare the output to the SHA-256 in the release page. If it doesn't match, do not run the file - re-download from the release page.

Not legal advice. Not approved by AUSTRAC. Modelled on AUSTRAC's publicly published Legal profession program starter kit (January 2026 release). This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by AUSTRAC. Confirm with your professional indemnity insurer before relying on it. See the full disclaimer.