Location: Adelaide, Australia

In July 2026, the Australian Government proposed a significant shift: a new criminal offence for large companies that fail to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains, alongside a defence for businesses that can demonstrate they took reasonable preventive steps.

So, what would this mean in practice?

This interactive event brings together academics, practitioners, policymakers, businesses, unions, community and lived-experience voices to explore what an effective failure-to-prevent regime could look like.