Focus on Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Valley
"NSW modern slavery report calls for urgent reform to protect migrant workers."
"A NSW parliamentary report into modern slavery has detailed "harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm..The report asked the government to investigate allegations of systemic labour exploitation in Coffs Harbour and the Nambucca Valley."
"NSW Anti-slavery commissioner Dr James Cockayne said in a statement the report was "informed by evidence from almost 100 witnesses across NSW, including victim survivors of modern slavery, and 60 submissions"." >>
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'Harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm' in modern slavery report
A NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery risks in regional areas found evidence of migrant workers living in near uninhabitable conditions, forced to work demanding hours and threatened if they spoke up.Emma Siossian (ABC News)
