Recommendation
1
2.24 The
committee recommends that member agencies of the Interdepartmental Committee on
Human Trafficking and Slavery strengthen their coordination and engagement with
each other, and that frontline Commonwealth agencies strengthen existing
relationships with state and territory frontline agencies.
Recommendation
2
2.37 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government funds the National
Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery 2015–19 so that it may
be fully implemented, with a human rights-based approach to its implementation.
Recommendation
3
2.84 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government increases the number of
Australian Federal Police officers with specialised human trafficking and anti-slavery
training in all states and territories.
Recommendation
4
2.85 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government:
- expands training for
frontline staff employed by the Australian Federal Police, the Department of
Immigration and Border Protection and the Fair Work Ombudsman with respect to
the Commonwealth offences at Divisions 270 and 271 of the Criminal Code Act
1995;
- works with its state
and territory counterparts to ensure that state and territory police also
receive adequate training with respect to the Commonwealth offences at
Divisions 270 and 271 of the Criminal Code Act 1995; and
- ensures that this
training includes reference to non-government organisations working on human
trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices so that they can refer victims
for support and assistance offered through non-government organisations.
Recommendation 5
2.99 The committee recommends that the
Commonwealth government commits to continuous funding of overseas
anti-trafficking programs, including AATIP and the work undertaken by the
International Labour Organization with respect to migrant workers in the ASEAN
member states.
Recommendation 6
2.117 The committee recommends the Commonwealth
government de-links access to the Support for Trafficked People Program from
compliance with criminal investigations.
2.118 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government facilitates and expedites
family reunification for victims of trafficking, slavery and slavery-like
offences.
Recommendation
7
2.130 The
committee recommends the establishment of a national compensation scheme for
victims of trafficking, slavery and slavery-like offences to be funded by
proceeds of crime.
Recommendation
8
2.136 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government considers ways in which
to make the existing reparation orders available under section 21B of the Crimes
Act 1914 more accessible to victims of trafficking, slavery and
slavery-like offences.
Recommendation
9
2.151 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government considers appointing an
Anti-Slavery and Trafficking Commissioner, to:
- monitor the
implementation of the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and
Slavery 2015–19;
- provide
recommendations, advice and guidance to government agencies on the exercise of
their functions;
- oversee the
effectiveness of Commonwealth legislation and policies intended to reduce the
prevalence of human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices and respond
to corresponding offences; and
- collect and request
data and information on these practices.
Recommendation
10
3.21 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government:
- expands the
pre-departure briefings and information currently available through the
Seasonal Worker Program to a wider range of pre-departure countries and other
categories of visa holders eligible to work in Australia, and
- introduces
post-arrival briefings to ensure migrant workers are provided with relevant
information from the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Recommendation
11
3.34 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government strengthens visa
protections where a visa holder has been subject to trafficking, slavery and
slavery-like offences.
Recommendation
12
3.45 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government establishes a licensing
regime for labour hire companies.
Recommendation
13
4.1 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government commission balanced and
constructive research into the prevalence of sex trafficking into and within
Australia.
Recommendation 14
4.20 The committee recommends that the
Commonwealth government strengthens visa systems to prevent involuntary human
trafficking into the sex industry in Australia.
Recommendation
15
4.26 The
committee recommends that Australian governments support and fund initiatives
to inform migrant sex workers about their legal rights and obligations both
pre-departure and post-arrival in Australia.
Recommendation
16
4.52 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government investigates the
adequacy of current legislative provisions and criminal offences to address
cybersex trafficking and makes legislative amendments as necessary where
current arrangements, including the provisions of the Criminal Code Act 1995,
are ineffectual.
Recommendation 17
5.26 The committee recommends that the
Commonwealth government considers extending the application of protection
orders relating to forced marriage to people over 18 years of age.
Recommendation
18
5.38 The
committee recommends that the Commonwealth government continues to fund
organisations and programs that engage in outreach, education and
awareness-raising activities on forced marriage issues.
Recommendation
19
5.40 The
committee recommends that Australian governments consider the inclusion of
education on forced marriage in school curricula.
Recommendation
20
5.52 The
committee recommends that information on forced marriage is consistently and
routinely provided to newly arrived migrants in Australia through their
engagement with government officials and agencies, as well as appropriate
community groups and programs.
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