Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Despite existing frameworks such as the UN Guiding Principles, more precise guidance on implementing standards to combat modern slavery are needed.
Jacinta Walsh’s great grandmother navigated oppressive policies her entire life, and didn’t have a public voice. Now, however, through the family’s storytelling, she does.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
Many young people are bleak about what the future holds – and this is having an impact on their plans to have children.
Researchers have taken a giant leap towards claiming the holy grail of renewable energy by creating a lithium-sulfur battery that’s faster, cleaner, and lasts longer.
While most women who try for a baby will succeed, some won’t, and some will have fewer children than they had planned or hoped for.
Unpacking where the money’s going, and what it means for you and the post-COVID recovery.
While we might not think of the 1950s housewife as taking an active interest in Cold War politics, a close reading of the Women's Weekly shows its female readers were encouraged to join the discussion.
In the shadow of the COVID-19 crisis, migrant workers in Malaysia are likely to be even more vulnerable to exploitative labour systems, and the law must keep up with the times.
At this time, we need to accept that a powerful healing influence can only be launched when a society knows and acknowledges all episodes of its history.
COVID-19 raises new challenges for remote mining communities already compromised by fly-in-fly-out workers.
Sharman Stone has worked to advance the rights of women for more than 20 years, in Parliament and as Ambassador for Women and Girls, but her work isn't finished yet.
Are you unknowingly sustaining slavery? Students from Monash University’s Modern Slavery Law Clinic discuss moving from complacency to activism.
Approximately 40 million people worldwide are enslaved in some way. And if you think your hands are clean, you’re wrong.
William Cooper was in a league of his own, fighting for an Aboriginal voice in parliament and a treaty in the 1930s.
The new law means large organisations will need to report annually on their efforts to address the risk of exploitation in their supply chains.
Yhonnie Scarce’s work has appeared in galleries around the world, including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Venice Biennale. She talks to Monash Life about Australia’s contemporary art scene.
Slavery is happening today. How do we stop the exploitation of people globally?
Shining a light on the struggle POWs faced when they returned to Australia – and the impact on their wives.
The frank but sweet discussion of childbirth in the BBC's Call the Midwife has much in common with fairy tales.
Fifty people have died in Australian onshore and offshore detention facilities since March 25, 2000.
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