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One-fifth of Australian imports have probable links to forced labour (www.choice.com.au)
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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/48824697

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/48824268

  • Australia’s anti-slavery framework is currently under review with an eye to putting more pressure on companies to clean up their their supply chains
  • A research project based on 2024 import data from the ABS found that 21.5% of all goods imported into Australia were from regions with known forced labour issues
  • Anti-slavery advocates are calling on the federal govenment to compel businesses to do more than just report on possible forced labour risks

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Members of the federal government are aware of the shortcomings. Earlier this year, Australia’s Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Chris Evans, recommended a number of improvements to Australia’s anti-slavery framework, which is currently under review.

They are more incremental than structural, and include giving the Anti-Slavery Commissioner the power to declare that a particular product, service, or industry carries a high risk of being involved in modern slavery.

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In February this year, Australian anti-slavery group the Walk Free Foundation and supply chain management firm Fair Supply released the findings of a research project based on 2024 import data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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Many other everyday goods – including phones, computers, footwear and vehicle parts – were also found to be at risk of being manufactured by exploited workers in these regions, the Walk Free Foundation reports. The combined value of these imports was $98.6 billion.

(The exporting countries in question were China, Malaysia, India, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Brazil, Argentina, Nepal and Japan.)

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[–] hammertime@lemmy.org 3 points 1 week ago

I’m surprised it’s that low.