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Recent Submissions

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Submission - Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 [Provisions],
Submission - Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership
Supplementary submission - Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023
Submission - Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023
Joint submission with HRLC- Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023
Submission - Protecting Workers Entitlements Bill
Submission - Inquiry into Australia’s tourism and international education sectors
Submission: Review, A Migration System for Australia’s Future
Submission: Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth)
Submission: Treasury Employment White Paper Consultation 2022
Supplementary submission (question on notice): Inquiry into the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022
Submission: Inquiry into the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022
Submission: Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill (2021)
Submission: Education Inquiry into Future Development of the NSW Tertiary Education Sector
Submission: Inquiry into the impact temporary migration has on the Australian economy, wages and jobs, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions
Submission: Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into unlawful underpayment of employees' remuneration
Submission: Inquiry into the exploitation of general and specialist cleaners working in retail chains for contracting or subcontracting cleaning companies
Submission: Inquiry into Wage Theft in Queensland

Latest Reports

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All Work, No Pay: Why the court is failing migrant workers and what the government should - and must - do.
All Work, No Pay: Why the court is failing migrant workers and what the government should - and must - do.
Migrant Workers' Access to Justice for Wage Theft: A global study of promising initiatives
Migrant Workers' Access to Justice for Wage Theft: A global study of promising initiatives
International Students and Wage Theft in Australia
International Students and Wage Theft in Australia
As if We Weren't Humans: The abandonment of temporary migrants in Australia during COVID-19
As if We Weren't Humans: The abandonment of temporary migrants in Australia during COVID-19
Wage Theft and Modern Slavery Risks on Campus
Wage Theft and Modern Slavery Risks on Campus
No Place Like Home: Addressing Exploitation of International Students in Sydney’s Housing Market
No Place Like Home: Addressing Exploitation of International Students in Sydney’s Housing Market
Living Precariously: Understanding International Students’ Housing Experiences in Australia
Living Precariously: Understanding International Students’ Housing Experiences in Australia
Cultural Exchange or Cheap Housekeeper? Findings of a National Survey of Au Pairs in Australia
Cultural Exchange or Cheap Housekeeper? Findings of a National Survey of Au Pairs in Australia
Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks
Transformative Technology for Migrant Workers: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks
International Obligations Regarding Migrant Workers: A Guide for Countries of Origin
International Obligations Regarding Migrant Workers: A Guide for Countries of Origin
Wage Theft in Silence: Why Migrant Workers Do Not Recover Their Unpaid Wages in Australia
Wage Theft in Silence: Why Migrant Workers Do Not Recover Their Unpaid Wages in Australia
Wage Theft in Australia: Findings of the National Temporary Migrant Work Survey
Wage Theft in Australia: Findings of the National Temporary Migrant Work Survey
International Students and the Fair Work Ombudsman
International Students and the Fair Work Ombudsman
Temporary Migrant Workers in Australia: Issues Paper, October 2015
Temporary Migrant Workers in Australia: Issues Paper, October 2015
Migrant Workers' Access to Justice at Home: Nepal
Migrant Workers' Access to Justice at Home: Nepal
Migrant Workers' Access to Justice at Home: Indonesia
Migrant Workers' Access to Justice at Home: Indonesia

Latest Journal Articles

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Visa protections to enable exploited migrant workers to bring labour claims: an Australian proposal
Visa protections to enable exploited migrant workers to bring labour claims: an Australian proposal

(2023) Global Labour Rights Reporter | Volume 3, Issue

‘“We might not be citizens but we are still people”: Australia’s disregard for the human rights of international students during COVID-19’
‘“We might not be citizens but we are still people”: Australia’s disregard for the human rights of international students during COVID-19’

(2021) Australian Journal of Human Rights

Understanding International Students' Professed Satisfaction with Underpaid Work in Australia
Understanding International Students' Professed Satisfaction with Underpaid Work in Australia

(2021) 46(3) Monash University Law Review 50 (Advance)

Addressing Exploitation in Supply Chains: Is technology a game changer for worker voice?
Addressing Exploitation in Supply Chains: Is technology a game changer for worker voice?

(2020) 14 Anti-Trafficking Review 47

Remedies for Migrant Worker Exploitation in Australia: Lessons from the 7-Eleven Wage Repayment Program
Remedies for Migrant Worker Exploitation in Australia: Lessons from the 7-Eleven Wage Repayment Program

(2018) 41(3) Melbourne University Law Review 1035

Unfair Dismissal Law and Temporary Migrant Labour in Australia
Unfair Dismissal Law and Temporary Migrant Labour in Australia

(2018) 46(1) Federal Law Review 19

Migrant workers’ access to remedy for exploitation in Australia: The role of the national Fair Work Ombudsman'
Migrant workers’ access to remedy for exploitation in Australia: The role of the national Fair Work Ombudsman'

(2017) 23(3) Australian Journal of Human Rights (online first)

The Business of Migrant Worker Recruitment: Who has the Responsibility and Leverage to Protect Rights?
The Business of Migrant Worker Recruitment: Who has the Responsibility and Leverage to Protect Rights?

(2017) 52 (1) Texas International Law Journal

Governance of Migrant Worker Recruitment: A Rights-Based Framework for Countries of Origin
Governance of Migrant Worker Recruitment: A Rights-Based Framework for Countries of Origin

(2017) 7 (1) Asian Journal of International Law 152

Latest News

Latest Opinion Pieces

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Migrant workers have long been too scared to report employer misconduct. A new visa could change this
Migrant workers have long been too scared to report employer misconduct. A new visa could change this

The conversation

Recovering lost wages is nearly impossible for Australia’s underpaid migrant workers
Recovering lost wages is nearly impossible for Australia’s underpaid migrant workers

Here’s how to fix the problem

The endemic exploitation of migrant workers in Australia must stop
The endemic exploitation of migrant workers in Australia must stop

The Canberra Times

Australia is bringing migrant workers back – but exploitation is still rampant. Here are 3 changes needed now
Australia is bringing migrant workers back – but exploitation is still rampant. Here are 3 changes needed now

The Conversation

Ending impunity for Wage Theft against Migrant Workers: Here’s How
Ending impunity for Wage Theft against Migrant Workers: Here’s How

Institute for Human Rights and Business Commentary Series

'Garbage' and 'cash cows': temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19
'Garbage' and 'cash cows': temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19

The Conversation

I will never come to Australia again: new research reveals the suffering of temporary migrants during the COVID-19 crisis
I will never come to Australia again: new research reveals the suffering of temporary migrants during the COVID-19 crisis

The Conversation

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