Forced labour, forced marriage and other forms of human trafficking and slavery should be compensated in Australia under a national scheme, according to a new report by legal and anti-slavery groups.

Fiona McLeod, SC, president-elect of the Law Council of Australia, said a national compensation scheme for survivors of human trafficking and slavery was needed to fill the void in Australian law that provides inadequate redress for victims.

States offer statutory victims' compensation schemes, but they are not consistent or designed to provide a remedy to victims of federal offences against the person.

A new report by the Law Council and Anti-Slavery Australia at UTS said these schemes are inadequate to redress human trafficking.