Australian Immigration Daily News

The Australian Government today took a key step towards further strengthening the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (the Act) by announcing a statutory review of the landmark legislation. The review will consider the operation of the Act over its first three years and whether further measures to improve the Act and improve compliance are necessary.

Professor John McMillan, AO, will lead the review, which will be completed within 12 months before a final report is tabled in Parliament. Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Jason Wood MP, said Australia has set the benchmark internationally for transparency frameworks of this kind.

“This review provides an opportunity to further improve this landmark piece of legislation,” Assistant Minister Wood said.

Source: Review-of-Modern-Slavery-Act.pdf