An unprecedented consortium of more than 117 organisations, academics, lawyers, community and faith leaders came together to urge the NSW Premier to end delay and bring the state’s historic Modern Slavery Act into force by 1 January 2021, two and a half years after it was passed unanimously by both houses of parliament in June 2018.
In a passionate open letter to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, the consortium stresses its concern with regard to the effect of the delay in increasing the numbers of people trapped in modern slavery and the expected impact of COVID-19 increasing the vulnerabilities of workers inside Australia and overseas within supply chains connecting products to Australia.
Read the letter HERE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5600d036e4b056134c4419f3/t/5f144cc5999ba21dbdeeacc6/1595165907107/Final+letter+to+Premier+with+logos.pdf
Write to your MP HERE – https://beslaveryfree.com/nsw-msa
