Corporate responsibility for modern slavery, Roma, gypsy, traveller communities, sex work decriminalisation bill passes upper house

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 - 7:00am to 8:30am

 

7:00 Acknowledgement of Country

 

7:11 Claudia introduces the subject of modern slavery in corporate supply chains and provides key facts.

 

7:19 We revisit an interview between Claudia and Dr Nga Pham from the Monash Centre for Financial Studies about corporate responsibility for modern slavery.

 

7:31 Claudia speaks to senior lawyer Freya Dinshaw from the Human Rights Law Centre about "Paper promises: evaluating the early impact of Australia's Modern Slavery Act", a joint report between academics. human rights organisations and church groups. The report reviews the actions taken by Australian companies in four industries with high-risk of modern slavery practices in their operations or supply chains.

 

7:47 Alice speaks to Sherrie Smith, a Roma woman and a fierce activist in the UK for the Roma Gypsy and Traveller community, about the recent UK legislation that criminalises their culture and further oppresses nomadic folk in Britain. 

 

8:12 Alice and Ella speak with Matthew Roberts from Sex Work Law Reform about the sex work decriminalisation bill which passed through the upper house last week.