By Antony Crockett, Mark Smyth, Timothy Stutt, Jacqueline Wootton, Barry Wang, Rukaiyah Abdullah and Jane Wang
On 22 August 2022, the Australian Government released an issues paper on the effectiveness of the first three years of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 for public consultation.
The Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act) commenced on 1 January 2019. Among other things, the Act created an obligation for large businesses to annually prepare and lodge a modern slavery statement outlining the risks of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains and the actions that they have taken to assess and address those risks.
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