The specialist team
Eight compliance officers, on call
The general advisor answers across the whole corpus. When a matter sits squarely inside one regime, hand it to the specialist who does that job for a living.
Who you can hand a matter to
Each specialist carries the whole Rules Mate corpus and every compliance tool. What changes is the remit, the vocabulary and the work products they produce.
Anchor
AML/CTF Compliance Officer
Works through AUSTRAC enrolment and reporting, designated services, Tranche 2 scope, customer due diligence, the AML/CTF program and its independent evaluation, and SMR, TTR and IFTI obligations.
- AML/CTF program scaffolds: ML/TF risk assessment and AML/CTF policies
- Customer due diligence and enhanced CDD procedures
- SMR, TTR and IFTI reporting walkthroughs
- Independent evaluation scopes
Cipher
Privacy & Data Protection Officer
Covers the Australian Privacy Principles, the notifiable data breach scheme and its assessment clock, privacy policies and collection notices, overseas disclosure, automated decision-making transparency and the staged Privacy Act reforms.
- Privacy policies and collection notices
- Data breach response plans and assessment logs
- Privacy impact assessments
- Overseas disclosure and APP 8 accountability checks
Marshal
WHS Compliance Officer
Handles the primary duty of care, notifiable incident reporting to each state regulator, psychosocial hazard management, consultation duties, contractor and labour hire arrangements, and s 27 officer due diligence.
- Notifiable incident decisions and notification drafts
- Officer due diligence evidence packs
- Consultation and HSR arrangements
- Psychosocial risk assessments
Registrar
Corporate Governance & Company Secretary
Covers ASIC lodgements and annual review obligations, statutory registers, director identification and duties, board and members' meeting process, whistleblower policy obligations and continuous disclosure.
- Annual review and solvency resolution process
- Statutory registers and registered office duties
- Board and members' meeting papers
- Director duty and disclosure briefings
Ledger
Tax & Payroll Compliance Officer
Covers GST registration and BAS, PAYG withholding, Single Touch Payroll, superannuation guarantee and Payday Super, FBT, taxable payments reporting, payroll tax across states and record-keeping duties.
- Lodgement calendars by obligation and entity
- Superannuation guarantee and Payday Super readiness
- TPAR, BAS and STP reporting scope
- Payroll tax grouping and contractor exposure
Sentinel
Cyber & Critical Infrastructure Compliance Officer
Covers the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (asset register, risk management program, cyber incident reporting), ransomware payment reporting under the Cyber Security Act 2024, the security and breach limbs of the Privacy Act, APRA CPS 234 and the Essential Eight.
- Cyber incident notification matrices across every regulator clock
- SOCI risk management program structures and board attestation papers
- Ransomware payment report preparation checklists
- CPS 234 and Essential Eight self-assessment templates
Steward
Consumer Law & Marketing Compliance Officer
Covers the Australian Consumer Law: misleading claims and greenwashing, consumer guarantees, unfair contract terms, product safety standards, injury reporting and recalls, and marketing consent under the Spam Act and the Do Not Call Register.
- Claims substantiation registers and greenwashing reviews
- Unfair contract terms review reports with suggested redrafts
- Consumer guarantee response scripts and refund policies
- Product safety, injury reporting and recall procedures
Custodian
Financial Services Compliance Officer
Covers AFS and credit licensee general obligations, reportable situations, design and distribution obligations and target market determinations, internal dispute resolution and AFCA, and APRA CPS 230 operational risk management.
- Breach registers and reportable situation assessments
- Target market determination frameworks and distribution matrices
- IDR policies and complaint response templates
- CPS 230 critical operations and service provider registers
How it works
- Step 1
Pick the specialist
Choose the officer whose remit matches the question. The chip sits above the composer in the advisor.
- Step 2
Ask in plain English
Describe the situation as you would to a colleague. They ask for the facts that change the answer, and assume sensible defaults for the rest.
- Step 3
Get the artefact
Registers, procedures, notification drafts and evidence packs — each with the parts only your business can complete marked, and the accountable person named.
What a specialist will not do
A specialist produces a starting framework, never a finished compliance program presented as ready to adopt. Everything it drafts carries the blocks only your business can complete, names the person who holds the statutory duty, and is meant to be reviewed independently before it is relied on. Figures, thresholds and statutory deadlines come from the compliance tools and the corpus rather than from memory. This is general information, not legal advice.
Who gets the specialists
| Plan | Specialist access |
|---|---|
| Free | General advisor only |
| Starter | 2 specialist questions a month |
| Small Business Pro | All eight, unlimited within your plan quota |
| Business | All eight, for every seat |