Australia private detective, Australia private detectives, phone 1300 966 103 (Australia), email privateinvestigators@theprivategroup.com.au, international +61 7 47788970 (Head office is on AEST, GMT +10) or for 24/7 international inquiries use our form investigator.

In Australia a private detective is more usually called a private investigator; the term detective is more properly applied, in Australia, to designated member of the police service. These are people of recognised experience who have progressed from uniform investigator to plain clothes investigator then detective.  They may hold a certificate III or IV in investigative services; a private detective should also hold at least a certificate III in investigation, generally, and be licensed.
We are a private detective Australia service. Our services include surveillance, factual investigation or a background check; we investigate for both the private person and business. Australia has especially restrictive privacy laws, making background information difficult to obtain. In the private sector investigations are generally conducted by licensed Private Investigators. Some specialise in surveillance, some in factual, some in research, we have operatives to cover all three. For more go to Private Investigator Australia.

A private detective, Australia, is more generally known as an Australian private investigator. Australian private detectives, private investigators, are licensed to gather private information, and conduct surveillance. There are serious restrictions placed in the private gathering of information, as the result of our privacy laws. We have learnt to live with this, and adapt our methods. An Australian private detective, Australia licensed private investigator, is generally unarmed, and has no special powers of entry or right to information. An Australian private investigator is licensed State by State.