What the Commissioner does

Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s Role

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s role is to further strengthen Australia’s efforts to address modern slavery by providing an independent pillar to Australia’s comprehensive response.

The Commissioner also provides national leadership in raising awareness of modern slavery risks and an independent mechanism for victims and survivors, business, and civil society to engage on issues and strategies to address modern slavery.

The Commissioner exercises several functions under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) to address modern slavery including promoting compliance with the Act.

Strategic plan

The Commissioner will prepare a strategic plan, which will be published on this website. It will outline the Commissioner’s key priorities and principal objectives for a period up to 3 years.