"Former Labor senator to be Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner", 10 November 2024

The former Labor minister Chris Evans will be Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner, with the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, announcing that the longtime senator will take up a five-year term in December.

Evans served as immigration and workplace relations minister under the Rudd and Gillard governments, and is a former chief executive of anti-slavery group Walk Free’s faith-based arm Global Freedom Network.

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Walk Free’s Global Slavery Index estimates there are 41,000 people living in modern slavery in Australia – a rate of 1.6 people per thousand.

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