National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020 to 2025 Round 2

Overview

The National Action Plan to Combat Modern Slavery 2020 to 2025 provides the strategic framework for Australia’s response to modern slavery from 2020 to 2025 and is guided by 5 National Strategic Priorities: prevent disrupt, investigate and prosecute support and protect partner research. The National Action Plan can be found on the Attorney-General’s Department website. The Australian Government has invested $4.4 million (GST exclusive) as part of the National Action Plan to deliver multi-year grants programs to fund civil society, business and industry groups, and academia for activities to: combat modern slavery in Australia increase the capacity of businesses to respond to modern slavery in global supply chains support new research to inform evidence-based policy responses to address modern slavery in Australia. The program is comprised of 2 multi-year grant opportunities: round one (GO4703) which was implemented by the Department of Home Affairs in 2021 and provided funding over a 2-year period (2021–22 to 2022–23) round 2 (this grant opportunity) which will be implemented by the Attorney-General’s Department over a 2-year period (2023–24 to 2025). The grants program sits within the Attorney-General’s Portfolio’s Outcome 1. Outcome 1 is focused on a just and secure society through the maintenance and improvement of Australia’s law, justice, security and integrity frameworks.