Australia’s Modern Slavery Reforms: From Reporting to Reasonable Steps

What the proposed changes could mean for your business and how to build an evidence-based prevention and due-diligence system now.

Australia’s modern slavery laws may be moving from reporting expectations towards active prevention.

So what could the proposed reforms mean for your business?

Join us live on 29 September 2026 at 11:30am AEST for:

Australia’s Modern Slavery Reforms: From Reporting to Reasonable Steps

We’ll discuss what’s changing, what remains uncertain, and – most importantly – what organisations can do now to build a practical, evidence-based approach to modern slavery risk and due diligence.

What we’ll cover:

If your organisation has responsibility for sustainability, procurement, risk, compliance or supply-chain management, this is an opportunity to understand what may be coming – and start preparing before future reforms take effect.

About the presenters:

Jess Irwin

Jess is an Ethical Business Advisor at The Freedom Hub. Her experience is at the intersection of business for good, corporate governance and social responsibility. She works at helping businesses effect real change in the world. Jess has a Masters in Law (LLM) specialising in Human Rights, and 5 years of experience in corporate and non-profit governance. She provides a wealth of knowledge to organisations wanting to improve their response to modern slavery and human rights within their organisation.

Benjamin Rieck

Benjamin Rieck is an experienced business and sustainability leader with more than 19 years’ experience across professional services, risk, assurance and management consulting.

As General Manager of Intertek Business Assurance Australasia, Benjamin leads teams supporting organisations to strengthen human rights due diligence, modern slavery risk management, responsible sourcing and sustainability across complex global supply chains.

His work focuses on helping businesses move beyond compliance by embedding practical, risk-based approaches to identifying, assessing and addressing human rights and supply chain risks. He has extensive experience across social compliance, supplier engagement, assurance and ESG advisory, with a strong focus on aligning business practices with the Australian Modern Slavery Act, OECD due diligence frameworks and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Benjamin is particularly passionate about translating evolving human rights expectations into practical actions that strengthen governance, transparency, resilience and long-term business value.