Lived Experience Engagement
The Office of the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner is committed to embedding survivor leadership and lived experience at the centre of Australia's response to modern slavery. This commitment underpins the Office's functions and advocacy more broadly.
The Office engaged with people with lived experience to develop our Strategic Plan 2025-2028, and has since established a Lived Experience Advisors program through which Advisors co-deliver work and develop professional skills.
Lived Experience Advisors
The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner has appointed four Lived Experience Advisors to support the Office and advance key initiatives under the Office's Strategic Plan. The Advisors play a vital role in ensuring the Commissioner's work is grounded in the knowledge, insights and priorities of people directly affected by exploitation.
Two of the Advisors, Matilda Constable-Webb and Moe Turaga, engage on a public basis, while two Advisors support the Office on an anonymous basis under pseudonyms. Together, the four Advisors bring lived expertise of human trafficking, forced labour and debt bondage, visa-related coercion and harm, forced marriage risk, sexual exploitation, family violence and high-control groups.
The Lived Experience Advisors were appointed following an open Expression of Interest process that was co-designed and implemented with people with lived experience. The Office was pleased to receive 30 applications, reflecting the growing strength of lived experience leadership and participation in Australia.
Public Lived Experience Advisors
Matilda Constable-Webb is a proud Wiradjuri woman, mother, author and nationally recognised survivor advocate who transforms her lived experience of modern slavery into systemic reform through state inquiries and survivor-led frameworks. Her approach centres on embedding lived experience into policy design to create practical pathways for inclusion, justice, and healing. Matilda has made contributions to state and federal anti-slavery reform, consulted with the Australian and NSW government sectors, supported in national strategic planning, and co-designed DEI initiatives.
Moe Turaga is a leading lived experience voice on forced labour, modern slavery, and human trafficking. He transforms his powerful personal story into systemic change, bringing authentic frontline insight to corporate, community, and government audiences across national and global stages. From parliamentary inquiries to boardrooms and church halls, Moe advocates against exploitation and for remediation of those affected. He engages directly with vulnerable workers across industries including horticulture, meat processing, construction, hospitality, and aged care, and maintains strong family and cultural connections across Pacific diaspora communities — giving him critical insight into the experiences of those most at risk in Australian operations and supply chains.