Big business pushes to abandon New South Wales anti-slavery act
It's the strongest anti-slavery legislation in the world, and the first state law that would mandate penalties for companies that fail to address slave labor in their supply chains. But there's a risk that the landmark New South Wales anti-slavery act could be abandoned or watered down, despite already being voted into law back in 2018. Rather than proclaim the legislation into force, the NSW government — in a highly unusual move — deferred it