Join Our Campaign

CLICK on the button below and you will be taken to our campaigning webpage BE SLAVE FREE. Enter your postcode and you will be provided with the contact details and suggested emails to your Representative and Senators.

This Could Be Our Best Chance to End Modern Slavery

STOP THE TRAFFIK welcomes the recent release of the Labor Party National Platform and the Minister of Home Affairs (the Hon Alex Hawke MP) both of which make commitments to a Modern Slavery Act in Australia.

We applaud the Minister’s vision that, “This legislation sends a clear message that modern slavery will not be tolerated in our community or in the supply chains of our goods and services.” However, the Government has omitted commitments to there being an Anti-Slavery Commissioner and penalties for non-compliance in reporting. Without someone charged with the responsibility and authority to oversee and implement the Act and without consequences for not complying with the Act, it will be very weak indeed.

What the Political Parties are Saying

We acknowledge that, for the parties, their responses are a “work-in-progress” and these commitments may change. We also acknowledge these are our interpretation of the commitments of the parties. We will continue to campaign on items in red or orange.

Screen Shot 2018-05-11 at 5.37.25 pm.png

Hidden in Plain Sight

STOP THE TRAFFIK welcomed the release of the report “Hidden in Plain Sight - An inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia”. The report adopts a human rights approach, which we support.

Hidden in Plain Sight addresses the multifaceted nature of modern slavery crimes. Tackling its wide-ranging nature requires all key aspects of the report being picked up in the proposed legislation. Should all the recommendations be adopted it will have enormously positive impacts on the lives and destinies of potentially millions of people working in the supply chains in the Indo-Pacific region including Australia. It will also provide better options and outcomes for people at risk of being coerced into conditions of modern slavery and support for victims of the same crimes.