The Australian Government has announced the appointment of ten experts to its new Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group, following a call for public nomination.

A coalition of groups has expressed concern about the lack of stakeholder diversity and absence of union or civil society representation in the Expert Advisory Group. The coalition is alarmed that the business-dominated composition of the group will lead to "the disturbing result that Australia's efforts in combatting modern slavery will be driven by companies that are subject to Australia's modern slavery laws, rather than the interests of people at risk of modern slavery".