SDG 10 - Reduce Inequalities

Below are all Australian news items from all ESG Snapshot issues that are relevant to SDG 10 (reduce inequalities), listed with most recent items appearing first.

Issue 95, 16 June 2025

Transcript is now available of the second hearing of a parliamentary committee inquiry into modern slavery in regional NSW.

Issue 94, 2 June 2025

A parliamentary committee inquiry into modern slavery risks in regional NSW has scheduled hearings for today and 19 June.

Issue 93, 26 May 2025

The Office of the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner has released the first of three reports examining modern slavery risks in the procurement of electric
vehicles and EV charging infrastructure by NSW government agencies.

The initial report aims to provide a "baseline understanding" of relevant legislation and principles, and describes sources of information about risks in EV and charging infrastructure supply chains.

It also flags the Commissioner's power to create codes of practice, and notes that a code of practice on managing modern slavery risks in the renewables sector is being developed in conjunction with the Clean Energy Council.

A draft code will be released for public comment "in coming months", the report says.

The second report will focus on bus procurement, and the this will provide "a broader analysis of government agencies' modern slavery risk management practices in EV procurements.

Issue 90, 5 May 2025

Transcript is now available from a 30 April hearing conducted by a parliamentary committee inquiry into modern slavery risks experienced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional NSW.

Witnesses included the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner, the Australian Anti-slavery Commissioner, and the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery.

Issue 85, 24 March 2025

The NSW government has tabled its response to a committee review of the Modern Slavery Act. 

For the most part it has rejected the committee's recommendations, including the recommendations to give the state's Anti-Slavery Commissioner greater information-gathering and sanctioning powers.

Issue 13, 18 September 2023

The NSW Parliament's Modern Slavery Committee has instigated a review of the state's Modern Slavery Act.

The committee will also examine the Ethical Clothing Extended Scheme and its potential to mitigate the risks of modern slavery in the NSW clothing manufacturing industry.