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ARTICLE · 27 NOVEMBER 2017

Broad business support for modern slavery legislation, and some improvements suggested

Clayton Utz
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Feedback from the business community and organisations will be reflected in the proposed bill to combat modern slavery.

AustraliaGovernment, Public Sector
Scott Crabb
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Lauree Coci
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Feedback provided by the business community and civil society organisations is expected to inform the final content of the proposed legislation to combat modern slavery.

Faced with the grim reality that millions of people globally are suffering in forms of modern slavery, the Federal Government announced in August 2017 that it would introduce a "Modern Slavery in Supply Chains Reporting Requirement" in Australia to combat modern slavery. As part of that process, it released a Consultation Paper which posed various questions for businesses and civil society organisations to consider to assist in refining the Government's proposal for the legislation.

We now have (at least some) of the answers to those questions, arising from a series of consultation roundtables with more than 100 businesses and civil society organisations in September and October, conducted by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department (AGD). They focused on the proposed requirement for

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