Posts Tagged ‘anti-slavery’
Modern Slavery and Global Supply Chains
Government Committee Releases Interim Report Having received submission and held a number of public hearings the interim report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia has been released this week. The report recommends that the Australian Government consider in-principle support for the development of…
Read MoreUK Anti-Slavery Commissioner in Australia
ACRATH Members Meet Commissioner Hyland The Australian Freedom Network recently hosted an afternoon at Parliament House in Sydney with Kevin Hyland, the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. ACRATH members in Sydney were delighted to be present to hear of the UK experience since the enactment in 2015 of the Modern Slavery Act. Currently in Australia the Commonwealth Government…
Read MoreAustralian Freedom Network
Many Faiths, One Goal – #endslavery The Australian Freedom Network (AFN) is a reflection of the Global Freedom Network, launched by Pope Francis on 2 December 2014. The Global Freedom Network is founded on the premise that religious faith can be a powerful motivating force to inspire individual and community action both spiritually and practically. The…
Read MoreAdvocates Visit Mondelèz
When Will Toblerone be Child Slavery Free On Friday 18th October, Anti-Slavery Day, Peter Gilfedder, Therese Power, Claire Griffin and Christine Carolan from the Victorian ACRATH group joined with a coalition of others to send a message to Mondelèz, one of the world’s biggest chocolate companies. Like other chocolate companies, they have known about child…
Read MoreTaxis Against Trafficking
UK & European Anti-Slavery Day Taxi drivers are the eyes and ears of a community; they drive our streets every day, chatting to different passengers. They see stuff and they could tell if something wasn’t right. A number of stories have recently hit the news where taxis have been used to move victims of trafficking.…
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