Summary of proposal
Party
Australian Labor Party
Policy Topic
Legal
Portfolio
Cross Portfolio
The proposal has three components.
Component 1: Remove the cooperation requirement (for victims of forced marriage to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in order to access the Support for Trafficked People Program for more than 90 days) from 1 July 2020.
Component 2: Establish a Commonwealth Forced Marriage Unit from 1 July 2020.
Component 3: Provide $750,000 per year for four years from 1 July 2019 to support organisations that address the issue of forced marriage.