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The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner welcomes last Friday’s announcement from the Minister for Social Services, Tanya Plibersek, to fund an extension of the Additional Referral Pathway (ARP). The ARP enables victims of modern slavery-related crimes to access support and services without having to engage authorities.

A report released last week by Griffith University, UNSW and ANU highlights a serious and often overlooked issue associated with the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme: the vulnerability of disengaged workers living in Australia without valid visas or work rights.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has today released an update to its 2024 guidance on sustainability collaborations. This updated guidance includes new examples of modern slavery focused collaborative activities that are unlikely to raise competition law concerns, developed in partnership with the Office of the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner has welcomed the findings of the Modern Slavery Disclosure Quality Report FY24, released today by the Monash Centre for Financial Studies.

In a world-first move, the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) and Australia’s two largest food delivery platforms, Uber Eats and DoorDash, have joined together to propose a historic agreement setting minimum pay and new protections for delivery drivers.

In recent months, gloves made by an Australian company were linked with allegations of forced labour in Malaysia. The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner Chris is concerned about reports overnight that more than 180 migrant workers have been fired, and some may be deported without receiving payments owed to them.

On 13 November 2025 the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner gave a speech at the Sydney Catholic Business Network Luncheon.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner commends the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and its Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) for securing the forfeiture of assets linked to one of Australia’s most severe cases of modern slavery.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner raises concerns that large foreign companies supplying a large number and variety of products direct to Australian customers, appear not to be reporting or are not required to report under the Modern Slavery Act.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner has expressed serious concern about the Government’s decision to walk back its commitment to guarantee a minimum of 30 paid hours per week for Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme workers.