Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration, Integration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

One of the specific objections from the US state department was the issue of debt bondage. And one of the concerns which has been raised over the 457 visas is to do with examples such as that of somebody who made a $20,000 payment to effectively purchase the right to a $42,000 job and found themselves in debt that massively undercut the salary they ended up receiving. When those things occur, has there been a breach of the visa?

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