Michael Hatton (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his answer during question time yesterday when he said:

... if you have a skills shortage ... it stands to reason that you have to close the gap ... by bringing in people from overseas.

Prime Minister, isn’t it a fact that the number of 457 visas being approved below the minimum skill requirement has more than doubled compared with a similar period two years ago? If, as the Prime Minister asserts, this program is supposed to be helping the skills shortage, why are workers with lower skills being brought into Australia in ever increasing numbers?

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