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Brisbane-based Good Samaritan Sister, Pauline Coll, has received a national award for her contribution and commitment to the fight against human trafficking, slavery and forced labour, said a report in The Good Oil.
Sr Pauline is one of seven individuals to receive the inaugural Anti-Slavery Australia Freedom Award, presented during a ceremony at Parliament House, Canberra last month by the Honorable Brendan O'Connor, Federal Minister for Home Affairs and Justice.
From late 2004 until early this year, she was a driving force behind the establishment of the national organisation, Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH), of which she was a founding member and the inaugural chair.
According to her award citation, Sr Pauline was "indefatigable in her personal endeavours to get human trafficking on the government and community agenda, forging effective and enduring partnerships with a range of diverse groups".
Sr Pauline said she was both "surprised and delighted", "proud and humbled" to receive the award.
"I feel humbled because it is a wonderful recognition not just for the work I have done within Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans, but also for all the members of this organisation both past and present," she explained.
"I also feel that in the face of such a monstrous trade, even a small chink in the solid wall of such evil should be celebrated because it gives strength and hope to continue against the odds."
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Brisbane Sister honoured for anti-slavery work (The Good Oil)
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