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 these offences form […]
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 parts of the advice from […]
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 presence of child labour. The […]