Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended to enable the Member for Cook to move the following motion:

That the House not consider Government Business order of the day No.1, the Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013, until such time as a:

(1) full research report is completed on the true incidence and nature of abuses and non-compliance within the 457 visas programme, in comparison to other programmes, by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to substantiate the requirement for the measures proposed in the bill;

(2) full consultation programme with industry and other stakeholders has been conducted by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship on the impacts of the measures contained in the bill; and

(3) regulatory impact statement has been completed by the Government in relation to Schedule 2 of the bill relating to the proposed labour market testing regime as required by the Office of Best Practice Regulation and submitted to the Parliament.

The government is seeking to ram through this Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 for the unions before the election.

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