Facebook groups for AU real estate AML: what is public versus locked
A public post can be read and checked against AUSTRAC guidance. A locked group cannot be your program, because the agency cannot read the decision it is about to rely on.
Quick answer
Use a public post only as a prompt to open the starter kit or the real estate guidance, and do not adopt a comment as enrolment advice. A group you cannot open is not evidence, including a group name dropped in a post you did see. The firm writes its own program. The client pays a check only when that program requires one.
People search “Facebook AU real estate AML groups” when an agent saw a public post about a real estate AML group and cannot open the group itself. Checked against AUSTRAC's page on using the real estate program on 4 October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. This page does not reproduce that guidance. The agency compliance note is real estate AML compliance. The sector map is /tranche-2.
If you cannot read it, you cannot rely on it
Facebook AU real estate AML groups are a sourcing problem, not a secret manual. A public post has words you can compare with AUSTRAC's real estate program pages. A locked group has words you have not seen. Quoting a decision from a room you cannot enter is how an agency adopts a rule that was never written down in front of it.
A name mentioned in a public post is not access. This page does not catalogue groups and does not describe what any closed room says. If you need a procedure, open the starter kit you are allowed to read, and customise it.
- Check a public post against the kit. If it disagrees with AUSTRAC's pages, the kit wins. A comment is not enrolment.
- Ignore what you cannot open. A locked group is not a source. Do not paraphrase a decision you have not read.
- Treat a product name as a prompt. A comment that names a vendor is a reason to ask that vendor a question, not a reason to buy.
- Write the program from documents. The starter kit and your own services are the inputs. A busy comment thread is not.
Public, locked, and the kit
A sorting aid for what an agency can actually read. This table does not reproduce AUSTRAC's real estate program.
| Source | What you can do with it | What you cannot do |
|---|---|---|
| A public post you can read | Compare it with AUSTRAC guidance | Adopt it as your program |
| A locked group you cannot open | Nothing, for this firm | Quote a decision you have not read |
| A comment that names a product | Ask the vendor a straight question | Treat the comment as a purchase |
| The starter kit | Customise it for the agency | Skip it because a group seemed busy |
Where the groups page stops
This page is public versus locked. It is not a summary of the starter kits. That sits on the starter kits summary. This page does not name a group as an authority and it does not describe closed discussions.
What the client pays
On FreeAML the firm suite is A$0. The firm emails the client a link. Verification is client-pays. On the public list a personal KYC check is A$20 and a company or trust KYB check is A$40. Use KYB when the customer is a company or a trust. Access to a discussion group is not included in the firm suite. Confirm the live amounts on FreeAML pricing. FreeAML does not confirm what a locked group decided, or turn a public comment into your program.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Read the kit you can actually open.
The firm suite is A$0. The client pays a check only when the approved program requires one. A group comment does not send the link.
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