Research // Brynn O'Brien

The Australia Institute Tasmania The Australia Institute South Australia
Centre for Future Work Carmichael Centre Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Centre for Sex & Gender Equality
ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

November 2016

Corporate Governance, Population & Migration

Companies and the Australian immigration detention system

by Brynn O'Brien

Australia sends asylum seekers to offshore camps wherethey are detained indefinitely and subjected to well documented abuses, in violation of their human rights. The Australian Government outsources the operations at the camps, and Spanish company Ferrovial has responsibility for the system’s largest operational contracts, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Broadspectrum. Investors in Ferrovial, including the Norwegian

September 2016

Corporate Governance, Industry & Sector Policies

Human Rights in the Supply Chain of Australian Businesses: Opportunities for Legislative Reform

by Brynn O'Brien and Martijn Boersma

Australian businesses have recently been implicated in serious labour abuses, both within and beyond Australia’s borders. Recent examples to capture public attention are slave labour in the production of surf products by Australian brands in North Korea, human trafficking and labour exploitation in Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai fishing industries (the top suppliers of prawns to

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