Port Authority of New South Wales is committed to taking reasonable steps to prevent, mitigate and address risks of modern slavery practices in Port Authority’s operations and supply chains. Port Authority is also committed to ongoing improvement in its management of modern slavery risks.
In accordance with section 16 of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), this Statement issued for the reporting period of FY25:
- identifies and describes the structure, operations and supply chains of Port Authority;
- describes the risks of modern slavery practices in the operations and supply chains of Port Authority;
- describes the actions taken by Port Authority to address such modern slavery risks, including due diligence and remediation processes;
- describes how Port Authority assesses the effectiveness of such actions;
- describes the consultation process; and
- (if applicable) includes any other information that Port Authority considers relevant.
The term ‘modern slavery’ is defined in section 4 of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), and is used to describe situations where coercion, threats or deception are used to exploit victims and undermine or deprive them of their freedom. The Act defines modern slavery as including eight types of serious exploitation: trafficking in persons, slavery, servitude, forced marriage, forced labour, debt bondage, the worst forms of child labour, and deceptive recruiting for labour or services.
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