Australia could be a ‘dumping ground’ for goods made for us with forced labour, anti-slavery tsar warns | Australian politics

It is one of the weakest laws of Australia’s modern slavery laws in the developed world, and the first anti -slavery commissioner of Australia is the risk of being a “dumping floor için for mandatory goods.

In a comprehensive interview with Guardian Australia, Chris Evans, a commissioner, a former labor senator and minister, said.blind spots“In their efforts to face Australia’s risk of being a global delay of the country.

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Comments a report The UN special rapporteur argued that contemporary slavery forms of slavery “pass through cracks” in Australia in Australia.

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Attorney General Michelle Rowland described modern slavery as “disgusting ve and said the government has committed to fighting it.

Evans, the United States, Canada, or soon – the EU, including Australia comparable judicial areas forced by force or suspected of goods that have been made by the forced employment, he said. There is no such prohibition in Australia.

Australia, “forcibly employment in one of the weakest regimes”, Evans, warning lists forced to work with the goods, and the US, Canada or Europe excluding markets such as markets, such as companies will try to export to countries without import bans, he said.

“We [Australia] Designed for rich Western countries, but under the risk of being a dumping area for goods that may have serious problems with forced running in supply chains. “

Australia’s most urgent “blind point”, Australia, the low rate of crimes that occurred and prosecution, he said.

“Some people like to relieve themselves by thinking, so we don’t have a problem here, but this nonsense: We are not very good. This is the exploited and second… There are real problems about the prosecution of Australia and the time to sue the court.”

Walk Free’s Global Slavery Index 41,000 people were organized in modern slavery In Australia.

Guardian, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Society of Nations asked for statistics from modern slavery prosecution. The data provided to the UN Drug and Crime Office show that in 2023 – the latest figures – 352 people were “suspected of smuggling in humans, arrested or warned that they have been officially contacted by the police and/or criminal justice system”.

Five people were prosecuted. Zero convicted.

Evans said that Australia’s law of modern slavery introduced in 2018 is the “light touch” legislation and that Australia could not move forward from this “first temporary step”.

The law only necessitates companies to overthrow more than 100 years of modern slavery reports: it does not impose any obligation to address risks.

There is no penalty for not being able to report and under standard reporting. It is estimated that between 400 and 1,000 companies, who have to report on modern slavery in their applications or supply chains, refuse to do so.

Some companies report extensively report, Ev Evans said: “Others are obviously taking Mickey ‘we oppose modern slavery’ and they were accepted enough to gather.”

He argued that Australia’s modern slavery laws should move from reporting authority to a “status detection” model in which companies should act to prevent modern slavery in supply chains or business practices.

Evans said that the promotion of penalties was similar to a similar way.

In 2023, former Ombudsman Prof John McMillan, Australia’s Modern Slavery Law. Found “The Modern Slavery Law has no difficult evidence … It has yet caused a significant change for people living in modern slavery conditions ”.

Among him 30 Recommendations was it action It should be updated to be included: the obligation to address the risks of modern slavery in supply chains; Penalties for companies that do not comply; and high -risk declarations for regions, factories or suppliers.

Until December 2024, the government did not respond by accepting the full, part or principle of 30 proposals, but many of them were not applied. Government a Advisory Certificate in July.

Rowland said that Australia is a comprehensive response to the fight against modern slavery practices such as strong laws and human smuggling, slavery and slavery -like practices ”.

“The Albanian government is committed to continuing our efforts to strengthen our response,” he said.

This month, UN Special Rapporteur Prof Tomoa Obocata, “Australia in the treatment of temporary immigrant workers seriously worried” and “employers, workers’ rental companies and migration agents disturbing, sometimes very seriously exploitative practices” reported.

Obocata emphasized the exploitation of asylum seekers and refugees; People with disabilities; Temporary immigrant workers, such as those who are in the Pacific Australian Labor Mobility Program (especially those who are “separated” and other than their guards); Domestic workers in diplomatic households; And students visa holders.

He said that vulnerable and marginalized people were disappointed with the laws of Australia’s “patchwork” laws.

In September, the government will respond to Obocata’s report at the Human Rights Council.