‘Tick-a-box approach’: fears Australia’s efforts to tackle modern slavery risk being derailed

Australia’s efforts to tackle modern slavery are at risk of being thrown off course because the government’s newly appointed expert panel is dominated by business interests, according to campaigners and legal advocates.

Labor’s home affairs spokeswoman, Kristina Keneally, said it was hard to understand how the government could comprehensively address modern slavery with an advisory group “that contains no representation from the groups who work directly with workers who are working in slavery or at risk of slavery”. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/16/tick-a-box-approach-fears-australias-efforts-to-tackle-modern-slavery-risk-being-derailed