Legal
Modern Slavery Statement
Draft for review. Reporting under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) is mandatory only for entities with consolidated revenue of at least A$100 million. Digiton is below that threshold, so this statement is voluntary. It follows the mandatory criteria anyway, because prime contractors increasingly ask subcontracted carriers for one. Approve it formally before publishing.
1. About this statement
This is a voluntary statement made by Digiton Logistics (ABN 50 664 924 163). It is not a statement given under section 16 of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth), because Digiton does not meet the A$100 million revenue threshold that makes reporting mandatory. We publish it because the carriers and prime contractors we work with are entitled to know how we manage this risk in the part of the chain we control.
It covers the financial year ended 30 June 2026.
2. Our structure, operations and supply chains
Structure
Digiton Logistics is an Australian owned transport business. Confirm entity type, ownership and whether any subsidiaries or trusts are in scope. It is owned and run by Bill and Kez.
Operations
We provide linehaul and regional road freight using Single and B-Double combinations across major regional and interstate freight corridors. We operate directly and as a subcontractor to larger carriers. All of our operations are in Australia and all of our employed and engaged drivers work in Australia.
Supply chains
Our supply chain is short and concentrated in a small number of categories:
- Prime movers, trailers and their finance or lease arrangements.
- Tyres, parts, servicing and repairs.
- Fuel and AdBlue.
- Subcontracted drivers and subcontracted carriers used to cover peaks.
- Insurance, telematics, and business software.
- Uniforms and personal protective equipment.
The manufactured goods in that list, particularly vehicle components, tyres, electronics and garments, have supply chains that extend well beyond Australia into regions where modern slavery risk is materially higher.
3. Risks of modern slavery practices
We have assessed where Digiton could cause, contribute to or be directly linked to modern slavery.
Risk in our own operations: low
Our workforce is small, Australian based, and covered by Australian workplace law and the Heavy Vehicle National Law. Drivers are licensed, paid under Australian instruments, and subject to regulated fatigue limits. We consider the risk of forced labour or debt bondage in our direct operations to be low.
Risk in labour hire and subcontracting: the area we watch most closely
Road transport has known risk in subcontracted and owner-driver arrangements, where sham contracting, unpaid waiting time, and rates that fall below the cost of safe operation can shade into exploitation. This is the risk closest to us and the one we can most directly influence, so it is where our controls are concentrated.
Risk in procured goods: indirect but real
Tyres, vehicle components, batteries, electronics and garments are all categories with documented forced labour risk in upstream extraction and manufacturing. We are a small buyer several tiers removed from those sites. We do not have visibility below our immediate suppliers, and we say so plainly rather than implying an assurance we cannot give.
4. Actions taken
- Engagement terms. Subcontracted drivers and carriers are engaged on written terms that require compliance with Australian workplace law, the Heavy Vehicle National Law, and lawful payment of workers.
- Rates that support safe operation. We do not accept or offer work at rates that cannot cover lawful wages, compliant fatigue management and proper maintenance. Under-cost freight is where this risk starts.
- Chain of Responsibility. Our Chain of Responsibility obligations already require us to look up and down the transport chain. We use the same visibility to look for labour exploitation, not only for mass, fatigue and speed breaches.
- Supplier selection. Where a supplier of ours publishes a modern slavery statement, we read it and prefer suppliers who do.
- Reporting a concern. Anyone, including a subcontractor or a worker at a site we deliver to, can raise a concern in confidence by emailing admin@digitonlogistics.com.au. Concerns go to the owners. We will not penalise anyone for raising one.
- Awareness. Our team is briefed on what modern slavery looks like in a transport setting and on how to report it.
5. Assessing effectiveness
For a business of our size, a page of metrics would be more presentation than substance. We assess effectiveness by:
- Reviewing every subcontractor engagement annually against our terms.
- Recording and reviewing any concern raised, including what was done about it.
- Reviewing this statement and the risks in it once a year, with the owners.
In the period covered by this statement, state the number of concerns raised and their outcome, or state "no concerns were raised".
6. Consultation
Digiton does not own or control any other entity, so consultation with owned or controlled entities is not applicable. Update if the group structure changes.
7. Approval
This statement was approved by the owners of Digiton Logistics on date of approval.
Bill and Kez
Owners, Digiton Logistics