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Australia's world-first repository of 'modern slavery statements' a step in the right direction

  • Written by: Fiona McGaughey, Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law, University of Western Australia
Australia's world-first repository of 'modern slavery statements' a step in the right directionA sweatshop in Dakar, Bangladesh, where underaged workers make steel consumer goods in hazardous and dangerous circumstances, October 20 2020.StevenK/Shutterstock

From “fast fashion” to tinned tuna to the components in your mobile phone, what guarantee do you have the goods you buy are slave-free?

The Australian government has taken a...

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