Grace Forrest
Grace Forrest is the founding director of Walk Free, an international human rights organization dedicated to eradicating modern slavery. With a focus on raising awareness and advocating for stronger laws against forced labor, Forrest has been a prominent voice in the push for reform in Australia’s Modern Slavery Act. She emphasizes the need for due diligence requirements in business practices to ensure that companies actively prevent exploitation in their supply chains, highlighting that current measures have failed to create meaningful change for vulnerable workers.
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The reforms were welcomed by Walk Free founding director Grace Forrest, who said Australia was beginning to catch up with comparable economies that had already imposed stronger corporate obligations.
Large Australian companies face criminal prosecution for supply chain failures
Australia· 2026-07-16
Grace Forrest, the founding director of Walk Free, said that after eight years Australia’s laws had failed to bring change at the scale required.
Push to reform Australia’s Modern Slavery Act to minimise trade risk and stop exploitationAustralia· 2026-02-28