Podcasts about modern slavery bill

George Arbuthnott is deputy editor of the Insight team at The Sunday Times. His investigations helped to shape the Modern Slavery Bill, expose a global doping scandal in athletics and revealed that Boris Johnson failed to declare conflicts of interest over his friendship with an ex-model. George has won or been shortlisted for more than 30 awards. Join Liezl as she talks to George about his incredible work as a journalist and how he ended up writing ‘the book the Prime Minister doesn't want you to read'.KEY TAKEAWAYS George had a journalistic instinct even from his days at school. He wrote match reports for his school's sports teams but they weren't entirely factual, he made them controversial to make people laugh. When at university he also set up a publication which poked fun at the establishment.  While studying his masters degree, George had a scholarship with the Mail on Sunday which allowed him to spend some of his holiday time there learning and doing some writing. He ended up doing work on children who had been failed by social services which got published, this led to George being taken on as a trainee after his degree.  George has written and investigated some of the most horrific and interesting stories including a student being killed by a polar bear, the international murder of Anni Dewani and was part of the investigation into the FIFA corruption scandal and how Qatar bribed their way to hosting the 2022 World Cup. In 2015 George joined the Insight Team at the Sunday Times on a scholarship set up in the memory of Marie Colvin, a famous foreign correspondent killed in Syria. His special interest in corruption and human rights abuses led him to conduct a two-year investigation that brought to light human trafficking in the United Kingdom and won him Campaign of the Year at the British Journalism Awards. This also lead to Prime Minister Theresa May introducing changes to the Modern Slavery Act.  In 2016 George was listed by Forbes in their '30 under 30' in their media category.  George and Jonathan Calvert's book ‘Failures of State' recounts the extraordinary political decisions taken at the heart of Boris Johnson's government during the global pandemic. You can find a link to the book in the show notes below. The original article on the pandemic that they wrote for the Times in April 2020 was their most read online article ever, more than doubling the previous record.  BEST MOMENTS‘I didn't know what investigative journalism was, but it was the one course where you could do print and broadcast journalism'‘Once you looked into it you could see the whole system was riddled with corruption' ‘They marketed it as ‘the book the Prime Minister doesn't want you to read'VALUABLE RESOURCESGeorge on TwitterGeorge on LinkedInFailures of State: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle with CoronavirusGeorge Arbuthnott's work at the TimesABOUT THE GUESTGeorge Arbuthnott is a British investigative journalist at The Sunday Times. His work helped to shape the Modern Slavery Bill, expose a global doping scandal in athletics, and revealed several controversies involving the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. For this, Arbuthnott has won young journalist of the year at the 2012 Press Awards, two British Journalism Awards in 2015,and being shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2015 for a piece on the modern slave trade. In 2016, he was shortlisted for the European Press Prize with 'The Fifa Scandal', and in 2019, he was a finalist at the British Journalism Awards for an investigation carried out alongside Sunday Times journalists Jonathan Calvert and Gabrial Pogrund. He is the co-author of one of the first social histories of the COVID-19 pandemic, “Failures of State.”ABOUT THE PODCAST  In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl's path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream.  And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world.  ABOUT THE HOST Liezl Colditz van RooyenBorn and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster. The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspired her to start this podcast. 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Tim spends some time interviewing Paul Green MLC - member of the NSW Legislative Council for the Christian Democratic Party - ahead of the NSW State Election on 23rd March. In a wide-ranging conversation, Paul lets us in on the significance of having Christian values and principles represented in government, and shows us just how different the landscape would be in our state if the CDP wasn’t there. Paul then shares with us his crowning achievement of his time in Parliament so far - the establishment of the Modern Slavery Bill. This is critical listening ahead of the NSW State Election.

The Modern Slavery Bill, which finally became law yesterday, will require businesses with turnovers of more than $100 million to report what they are doing to prevent slavery in supply chains. The legislation is also part of a wider push to stop Australians from taking part in “voluntourism” schemes which do more harm than good. According to the BBC, 80 per cent of children living in the world's orphanages have at least one living parent and have been lured to the orphanages to attract volunteers.   White Mother Says She Didn't Raise Adopted African Daughters To Be Black AUSTRALIA JUST BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO RECOGNISE ORPHANAGE TRAFFICKING AS A TYPE OF MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. Shooting death of 7-year-old ruled 'justifiable homicide' Metro Detroit woman beaten in parking lot, she says because she's black

The Modern Slavery Bill, which finally became law yesterday, will require businesses with turnovers of more than $100 million to report what they are doing to prevent slavery in supply chains. The legislation is also part of a wider push to stop Australians from taking part in “voluntourism” schemes which do more harm than good. According to the BBC, 80 per cent of children living in the world’s orphanages have at least one living parent and have been lured to the orphanages to attract volunteers.   White Mother Says She Didn’t Raise Adopted African Daughters To Be Black AUSTRALIA JUST BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO RECOGNISE ORPHANAGE TRAFFICKING AS A TYPE OF MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. Shooting death of 7-year-old ruled 'justifiable homicide' Metro Detroit woman beaten in parking lot, she says because she's black

Wednesday 16 January  2018Today on the show with William and Eiddwen  We at 3CR are proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung as the owners of the lands on which we meet, live, and work. We pay respect to their elders past, present, and emerging; we recognize that sovereignty has never been ceded and that a treaty has never been signedAlternative NewsNo Pride in Invasion: Joshua Badge comes on Wednesday Breakfast to tell us about No Pride in Invasion, organising a queer contingent to join the upcoming Invasion Day rally this Saturday the 26th in Narrm (Melbourne). Say Hi to No Pride in Invasion at 10am to the left of the steps at Victorian Parliament or check out their facebook pageFirst Nations HIV/AIDS Awareness: Indigenous Rights Radio by Cultural Survival interviews Marama Mullen (Ngatiawa Māori), the executive director of INA (Māori, Indigenous & South Pacific HIV/Aids awareness and action)Sexual Harassmen Rampant: The ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) has released the results of a survey on sexual harassment, finding that two-thirds of all women and one-third of men report to have experienced sexual harassment of abuse in the workplace. ACTU president Michelle O'Neil tells us more about the report and what needs to be done to change workplace culture. Access a summary of the report on the ACTU websiteModern Slavery Bill Passed: Keren Adams of the Human Rights Law Centre comes on the show to discuss the benefits and the shortfallings of the Modern Slavery Bill recently passed that requires large Australian companies to report on their use of slave labour in all its forms. The bill is available on the Parliament of Australia websiteTwo Weekends of Anti-Fascism: 3CR's Jan Bartlett speaks to Debbie Brennan of PUSH!, a new anti-fascist collective, about the past two weekends. The weekend before last, protesters disrupted a Neo-Nazi rall held on St Kilda Beach and this weekend, anti-fascists met on the steps of the State Library to show opposition to incresingly visible white nationalism. Tuesday Hometime with Jan Bartlett airs every Tuesday at 4pmCitizenship Ceremonies on Invasion Day? Socialist Alliance Councillor for Moreland City Sue Bolton comes on the show to voice her opposition to the Federal Government's decision to force councils to hold citizenship ceremonies on the 26th of January, so-called "Australia Day". The date is also comemmorated as Invasion Day and Survival Day by First Nations people and their alliesThe original 855am and 3CR Digital versions of this program featured the following music tracks: Songs:White Rose by Tkay Maidza   (Removed from the podcast due to license restrictions)  

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The Government has introduced a draft Modern Slavery Bill which is aimed at making it simpler to prosecute human traffickers and which will bring in life sentences for such offences. But who are the victims of modern day slavery in the UK and how organised are the gangs who prey upon them? While much concern has focused on people trafficked into the country, Jane Deith reveals how the most vulnerable in society such as the homeless and people with learning difficulties are being targeted by gangs who pick them off the streets with the offer of money and accommodation. But many say they end up working long hours for little or no pay and are too frightened to leave. Some - including people from the UK - are taken abroad to countries such as Sweden and Norway to pave driveways and other labouring jobs. Others are working in the construction industry here but being paid much less than the minimum wage. Police say the traffickers and those who exploit the homeless and vulnerable are highly organised and often use their victims' identities to open bank accounts and commit further crimes such as benefit fraud, netting thousands of pounds and leaving their victims with huge debts. So who's monitoring the marginalised? Will the new Bill do enough to deal with the dark side of Britain's labour market? Reporter: Jane Deith Producer: Paul Grant.