Mark Burton (2018). In a global economy, Australia is exposed to slavery through trade, migration and tourism.
It is a crime to reduce a person to slavery, with intent or recklessly. Business and other organisations must develop systems and a culture to keep them free of slavery. Directors and
Publications
Slavery Links (2016) ‘When precarious work becomes ‘forcing’: Implementing Section 11 of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights regarding forced labour-servitude-slavery’, (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Camberwell, Vic)
Slavery Links (2015) ‘Adding slavery to the list of treaties to be considered by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’, Briefing Paper No 1 (Slavery Links Australia Inc., Camberwell Vic).
Roscoe Howell (2015) “How Australians are exposed to the slave-making systems which operate in the Asia Pacific” © (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Brighton, Victoria)
Roscoe Howell (2014) ‘Australian perspectives on forced labour, servitude and slavery’, with a Foreword by The Hon Dr Robyn Layton AO QC. Occasional Papers in Slavery. (© Slavery Links Australia Inc., Melbourne)
Mark Strachan (2014) “The Role of Slavery in Design Education” © ACUADS Conference 2014: ‘The Future Of The Discipline’, Melbourne, Australia, 2-3 October 2014, paper no. 9
Roscoe Howell (2013) “How families and practitioners may encounter slavery in Australia” © Address at the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Level 20, 485 La Trobe Street, Melbourne; 14 March 2013
Roscoe Howell and Robert Evans (2012) “How the Court system might encounter forms of slavery in Australia” © Paper delivered at the Conference of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration entitled “Doing Justice for Young People – Issues and Challenges for Judicial Administration
Roscoe Howell (2012a) “Encounters with modern slavery” © Address to staff of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Level 3, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney, 20 June 2012. Chaired by The Hon Catherine Branson QC, (former) President of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Roscoe Howell (2012b) “Music playlist” © Pamphlet, (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Brighton, Victoria)
Roscoe Howell (2012b) “Speaking out about slavery: Workshops to run in your community” © Pamphlet, (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Brighton, Victoria)
Roscoe Howell (2012b) “What is slavery?” © Pamphlet, (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Brighton, Victoria)
Roscoe Howell (2011) Australians and modern slavery (Slavery Links Australia Inc, Brighton, Victoria) With a Foreword by The Hon Catherine Branson QC, former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Currently out of print. Download contents and introduction PDF 1.1 MB | 20 pages
Australian law on slavery appears in Division 270 of the Criminal Code Act, 1995. Division 270 creates Slavery Offences, from debt bondage and deceptive recruiting at the least serious end, through forced labour to servitude and slavery at the most serious end. Slavery Links has illustrated how
Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 came into effect on 1 January 2019. It complements the existing Criminal Code on the serious crimes of slavery and human trafficking (Division 270 and 271). This Commonwealth legislation is an important step forward, but the Morrison Government rejected key
Slavery is a serious international crime. Slavery offences are created in Division 270 of the Criminal Code Act 1995. The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) encourages large entities to investigate supply chains and report on the presence of slavery-like offences, human trafficking offences and the
Slavery Links would like to achieve the following Outcomes by 2023. Download chart PDF 989 Kb | 1 page