Report
Paper Promises? Evaluating the early impact of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act
Freya Dinshaw, Amy Sinclair, Justine Nolan, Shelley Marshall, Mark Zirnsak, Keren Adams, Peter Keegan, Martijn Boersma, Vikram Bhakoo, Heather Moore
Human Rights Law Centre, Uniting Church in Australia, UNSW Sydney, University of Melbourne, RMIT University | Published : 2022
Abstract
The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (MSA) was widely hailed as a critical first step by Australia towards tackling the global problem of modern slavery, with the government proclaiming that it would transform the way businesses respond to modern slavery by prompting a business-led ‘race to the top’.