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Your Modern Slavery Statement Stops at Tier 1. The Risk Doesn't.

A clean Tier 1 audit was never built to catch the risk that matters most. Drawing on new research published in August 2026, this piece explains what most Australian modern slavery statements still miss and where procurement teams need to look deeper.

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AI in Procurement: The Promise Is Real. The Results Are Not.

Hundreds of billions have been committed to AI, yet most of it is delivering no measurable return. A practical look at why, and what procurement teams need in place before AI can deliver real results.

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Seven Steps to a Modern Slavery Defence

Australia's proposed new criminal offence changes what "reasonable steps" means for procurement. The framework that answers it already exists. Here are seven practical steps to build a defensible approach.

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Modern Slavery Reform Demands Proof. Could AI Be Victoria's Answer?

The Modern Slavery Act is on the cusp of its biggest shift yet, from disclosure to prevention and real accountability. Where AI can strengthen supply chain due diligence, and where procurement judgment still has to do the work.

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Context Can Be Engineered. Accountability Can't Be Delegated.

Is AI taking over procurement? The evidence says AI will change procurement jobs, not take them. Why human accountability stays at the centre of good procurement decisions.

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Modern Slavery in ICT Contracts: What Procurement Teams Are Missing

Modern slavery risk is rarely linked to a laptop order, yet the real exposure sits deep in hardware supply chains and offshore labour. What to write into ICT contracts to manage the risk.

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Implementing Victoria's Social and Sustainable Procurement Frameworks

How the Social Procurement Framework, Local Jobs First, the Building Equality Policy and sustainable procurement obligations come together, and how to translate them into evaluation criteria, contract clauses and a performance regime that actually delivers.

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