5 years a slave

The Dead Eye and The Deep Blue Sea is a raw and detailed story of Vannak Anan Prum’s experience as a slave on a Thai fishing boat.




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A survivor, a filmmaker and a CEO discuss slavery and our seafood….

This year the Melbourne film festival dove deep into the heart of an issue that currently baffles the Australian business community. Modern Slavery.

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Ashton Kutcher joins in the fight against slavery and trafficking

Ashton Kutcher joins in the fight against slavery and trafficking

Ashton Kutcher is well known for his Hollywood stardom and for his success as an entrepreneur. But perhaps less known is work as an activist. When married to actress Demi Moore, Kutcher began an organisation targeting the trafficking of women into the sex trade, and over time in the prevention of cyber sex crimes. The organisation appropriately named ‘Thorn”, is focussed on identifying victims, disrupting the existing platforms and then deterring the predators’.

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Slavery is back in the news again lately

Slavery is back in the news again lately

Just last week my brother in law forwarded on to me an article he came across while reading the paper in his daily commute, with the headline ‘more than 45 million people trapped in modern slavery…’ more on that here. I’m noticing more and more that people are starting to thinking about it, knowing the work that I do it’s amazing now how many people text me and say ‘I’m in the supermarket aisle, what tea should I buy?’ or I’m tagged on a facebook post ‘Kate Nicholl, should I buy these school polo shirts that are only $3 in target?’

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