To support the development of the National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020-25, review of the 2015-19 Plan was undertaken to identify areas of development under the next National Action Plan.
The Government has committed to reform Australia’s laws governing electronic surveillance. As the first step in public consultation, the Government released a discussion paper.
On 2 December 2019, the Australian Government introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2019 into Parliament. The Bill would introduce a new corporate offence for failing to prevent an associate of a body corporate from committing a foreign bribery offence by.
In 2017, the Australian Government explored possible reform options to improve the effectiveness of the offence in addressing foreign bribery, and to remove unnecessary barriers to successful prosecution.
