Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Forde for his question. He is a champion for small businesses. He is a great local member and he defends small businesses. He wants to create extra jobs for young Australians in his electorate. And he should be commended for it. In fact, every person on this side of the House wants to grow business so that they can employ more young Australians and more Australians into those jobs.

I can report to the House that, in terms of 457 visa holders, the number has fallen by around 13,000 since this government came to office in September 2013. We have put into action our words. We have said that we want to put Australians first and that we want to put Australians into jobs. That is the policy of this government. If you look at the words and actions of this Leader of the Opposition, it is very hard to reconcile the two. He says one thing to the Australian public and he does the complete opposite. He does the complete opposite because he is a well-known fraud not only in this place but across workplaces across the country.

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