Review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act

CHOICE has made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department’s consultation on the Review of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018.

The key recommendations in the submission are:

  • The Federal Government introduce strong monetary penalties for non-compliant, negligent or falsified modern slavery reporting.

  • The Federal Government establish and adequately resource a Federal Anti-slavery Commissioner to ensure business compliance with the Modern Slavery Act.

  • The Federal Government consider establishing mandatory due diligence obligations on businesses to investigate and address modern slavery in their supply chains.

You can read more and download the submission here:

Further reading:

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Perhaps this is an example of some legislation that is well-meaning but essentially pointless.

It is all about reporting, and very little about doing. And mostly ignored by business.

Yes, there is a review of it, but I wouldn’t expect it to be anything other than low low priority.

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