Overview of state and territory victims of crime financial assistance schemes

This report is an initiative under Action Item 27 of the National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020-25 to review state and territory victims of crime financial assistance schemes and their availability to victims and survivors of modern slavery. This report does not consider other forms of legislative remedy. Some of these are outlined for information purposes at Appendix B.

The report uses the term ‘modern slavery’ to describe a range of criminal practices, including trafficking in persons, slavery and slavery-like practices of servitude, forced labour, forced marriage, deceptive recruitment and debt bondage.

The report outlines the key eligibility criteria and legislative requirements that must be met to access state and territory schemes. The report also outlines the different types of financial assistance or compensation payments available, and the maximum amount of payment available under each jurisdiction’s scheme.