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The Office of the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Walk Free and the Migrant Justice Institute have today released new guidance warning Australian businesses that wage underpayment may be an early indicator of serious exploitation, including modern slavery.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Chris Evans, welcomes action by the Australian Border Force (ABF) against a New South Wales aged care provider found to charged nearly $120,000 in unlawful sponsorship-related costs to 13 migrant workers.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Chris Evans, says last night's Four Corners investigation lays bare the limits of Australia's approach to labour exploitation in our own supply chains and in the goods we import. And this is not new news.

Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Chris Evans, says the ABC’s Four Corners investigation into food fraud has raised fresh questions about whether Australia’s modern slavery laws are actually keeping goods made with forced labour out of the country.

The Government has proposed a new criminal ‘failure to prevent’ modern slavery offence, with a defence available where a business can prove it took reasonable steps to prevent modern slavery.

Commissioner welcomes successful prosecution and sentencing of two Sydney men for the trafficking and exploitation of an Indonesian child.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner has welcomed significant developments across the United Kingdom, Europe and Canada that signal growing international momentum to eliminate forced labour from global supply chains and has called on Australia to strengthen its own response.

A new report has found victims and survivors of modern slavery are being let down by critical gaps in Australia’s criminal justice system, with most never seeing justice and very few cases leading to prosecution or conviction.

The conviction of a Melbourne man for possessing a woman as a slave is a deeply disturbing case that underscores the ongoing reality of modern slavery in Australia.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner is pleased to announce the appointment of four Lived Experience Advisors to support the Office and advance key initiatives under the Office’s Strategic Plan 2025-2028.