Woolworths Group Ltd. and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. are among the best Australian-listed companies at disclosing the risks of modern slavery in their supply chains, while IDP Education Ltd. and ...

Australia’s modern slavery law is woefully inadequate – this is how we can hold companies accountable Published: May 30, 2023 9:03pm EDT Kyla Raby , Katherine Christ , University of South ...

In mid-August Australia’s justice minister proposed a new law requiring the country’s biggest companies to report on their practices and policies to prevent forced labour in their operations ...

In Australia, it was estimated that just over 40,000 people were currently in conditions deemed to amount to modern slavery. This ranked Australia 147th out of the 160 countries surveyed, but for ...

About 40 million people are now trapped by forced labor and human trafficking. John McCarthy explains how the church in Australia is “slavery-proofing” its procurement practices and supply chains.

A growing domestic and regional economy pushed seven more Australian companies onto our latest annual listing of the world's 2,000 largest public companies, taking the total to 43, versus 36 in ...

The report finds that Australia’s imports from companies allegedly involved in forced labour actually increased after the U-S introduced its ban, peaking in 2023. Australia's Modern Slavery Act ...