Low-cost fast fashion brands are experiencing a boom in business as Australians look for cheaper consumer goods, but international organisations are warning companies may be cutting costs by using forced labour.
Anti-slavery groups have raised concerns about the practices of fast fashion retailers such as Shein and Temu, calling for Australia to follow the lead of the United States and the European Union and to ban imports of goods manufactured with poor human rights practices.
Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, Professor Justine Nolan, spoke with The Sydney Morning Herald about how Australia’s existing legislation on forced labour paled in comparison to the EU and US.
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