Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Employment. The LNP issued 35,000 457 visas. The ALP made it 165,000. Meat processing giant AMH protested that their competitors are paying 457s 30 per cent below the award. TWU revelations showed Sydney Airport workers rostered on three-hour continuous shifts sleeping next to baggage carousels on dirty concrete floors abounding with rat droppings, dirt and mites. In six months, there have been 12 deaths on construction sites. What has been the government's only reaction? A tax upon the protective bulwarks, the CFMEU. Surely the government's time would be better spent targeting CEOs' obscene pay levels instead of pay and conditions for hardworking Australians.

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