ABSTRACT
In 2018, Australia enacted the Modern Slavery Act into federal law, requiring businesses to undertake due diligence to identify risks of exploitation in their supply chains. This chapter provides a rewriting of this inherently gender-blind piece of legislation. While a feminist socio-legal approach calls for an entirely different framework, this chapter offers a legislative alternative that is both legally plausible and politically palatable. More aptly entitled ‘Exploitation in the Supply Chain Act’, the proposed Bill calls for gender-sensitive due diligence, as well as data disaggregation to understand who is most affected and how; and also establishes a robust accountability mechanism to provide redress for victims.
