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In January 2019, the Federal legislation set the Moder Slavery Act 2018 (MSA) into place, requiring companies in Australia to submit a Modern Slavery Statement to the Federal Government when it has a minimum annual consolidated revenue of $100 million, including the company and its subsidiaries. The statements need to address mandatory criteria ...
According to the Global Slavery Index, there were approximately 15,000 people living in illegal "conditions of modern slavery" in Australia in 2016. During the 2015–16 financial year, 169 alleged human trafficking and slavery offences were referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), including alleged instances of forced marriage, sexual ...
Walk Free is an international human rights group based in Perth, Western Australia.Its goal is the end of modern slavery. [1]Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7 – part of a framework adopted by the United Nations in 2015 – seeks to end modern slavery by appealing to the international community. [2]
He chaired the Sub-Committee's "Inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia", [9] tabling the sub-committee's interim report in August 2017, [10] and the final report ("Hidden in Plain Sight") in December 2017, [11] which led to Australia's Modern Slavery Act 2018.
In 2023, Australia's labour force was 14.2 million, with 1.4 million trade union members, an average annual income of $72,753, 3.8% unemployment and 6.4% underemployment. [1] Australian labour law sets the rights of working people, the role of trade unions, and democracy at work, and the duties of employers, across the Commonwealth and in
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...
Modern slavery is a multibillion-dollar industry with just the forced labor aspect generating US $150 billion each year. [130] The Global Slavery Index (2018) estimated that roughly 40.3 million individuals are currently caught in modern slavery, with 71% of those being female, and 1 in 4 being children.
The introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 [121] into Australian law was partly based upon concerns of slavery being evident in the Queensland agricultural sector. [122] Some commentators have also drawn parallels between blackbirding and the early 21st-century recruitment of labour under the (unconnected) 457 visa scheme. [123]