Australia exposed to modern slave labour imports and many businesses ‘ignoring the facts’, commissioner warns

The scale of Australia's trade with blacklisted companies, revealed in Guardian investigation, prompts anger across the Uyghur community

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Australia's new anti-slavery commissioner has called on the government to urgently address the inadequacy" of its forced labour laws after revelations that it had allowed thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted for their alleged links to Uyghur workers.

Guardian Australia revealed on Monday that Australia had received thousands of imports from Chinese companies blacklisted by the United States over alleged links to Uyghur forced labour.

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