Act commenced.
Statutory review recommended penalties, a due diligence duty and lower thresholds.
Commonwealth Anti-Slavery Commissioner established.
Government response to the review partially implemented; penalties bill pending.
The first compliance date for the Australian Modern Slavery Act is FY2020 statements. All statutory application dates have now passed.
As of 27 May 2026, the Australian Modern Slavery Act is in force in Australia. Mandatory modern slavery statements with prescribed content, awaiting the penalties its own review recommended.
Commissioner priorities and pending reform items updated. That revision was logged in May 2026 on the hredd.org tracker.
Tracker revisions, logged openly
May 2026 Commissioner priorities and pending reform items updated.
Sources for every date live on the full tracker entry · movement lands in the monthly digest first