Australia's Moral Obligation to End Child Labour

Child labour hinders a child's physical and educational development. It reinforces the vicious circle of poverty and affects children across the developing world. No child should have to sacrifice their childhood to work.

I'm proud to announce that I will be introducing my Bill, The Custom's Amendment (Preventing Child Labour) Bill 2023, at the next sitting. This Bill introduces escalating penalties on products with child labour in their supply, leading eventually to a complete ban. Using a stepwise approach gives offending suppliers time to move away from employing children to employing adults instead. Imposing an immediate ban on these suppliers would be disastrous to the economies of the countries involved.

These children would be in school and their parents in jobs if wealthier nations had not turned a blind eye for so long to the problem. It's Australia's moral obligation to help end the cycle of child labour.

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