Australia: New South Wales Govt. responds to the report of the NSW Parliament on the NSW Modern Slavery Act 2018 and associated matters
"Government's response to Legislative Council Standing Committee on Social Issues Report 56", 24 September 2020
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The Government is committed to implementing a modern slavery regime in NSW.
In the first instance, the Government will enter into discussions with the Commonwealth to achieve greater harmonisation with the Commonwealth Modern SlaveryAct 2018 ('the Commonwealth Act'). To this end, the Government supports in-principle Recommendation 5 of the Committee's report that the NSW Government work with the Australian Government to seek harmonisation of the supply chain reporting threshold, ideally at $50 million consolidated revenue, as a key reform for a standard national approach to modern slavery.
Following the conclusion of discussions with the Commonwealth, the Government intends on amending the NSW Act and then commencing components of the NSW Act that complement the Commonwealth Act and which are not inconsistent with it.
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