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Former Labor senator to be Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner

Chris Evans
Former Labor senator Chris Evans served as immigration and workplace relations minister under the Rudd and Gillard governments. He has been appointed Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner. Photograph: AAP

The former Labor minister Chris Evans will be Australia’s first anti-slavery commissioner, with the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, announcing that the longtime senator will take up a five-year term in December.

Evans served as immigration and workplace relations minister under the Rudd and Gillard governments, and is a former chief executive of anti-slavery group Walk Free’s faith-based arm Global Freedom Network.

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