This policy reflects our commitment to ensure that, to the best of our ability, there is no modern slavery in any part of our business operations. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all business dealings and relationships and, where possible, to ensure modern slavery is not taking place in our own business or supply chain.

Our business also expects each of our service providers, suppliers and contractors to share our commitment to act lawfully and ethically and to work to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place within its organisation or within its supply chain.

Definitions

The term “modern slavery” describes situations where coercion, threats or deception are used to exploit victims and undermine their freedom. Coercion, threats and deception can be explicit or implicit.

The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (the Act) defines modern slavery as including eight types of serious exploitation: trafficking in persons, slavery, servitude come up forced labour, forced marriage, debt bondage, the worst forms of child labour and deceptive recruiting for labour or services. The “worst forms of child labour” means extreme forms of child labour that involves serious exploitation of children, including through enslavement or exposure to dangerous work. We note that the “worst forms of child labour” does not mean all child work.

Modern slavery is defined in and regulated by the Act. In the event of any inconsistency, the definitions in the Act will take precedence over this policy.