Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

It is somewhat ludicrous, isn’t it? Are we to send a compliance team and go and raid St John Ambulance? Why don’t we go and raid St John and say: ‘You terrible people. You are trying to undermine Australian working conditions.’ St John are there at every fete and every celebration, looking after Australians. They are there when there is a car crash and bad news to be communicated. That is where St John are, and they use these visas.

Perhaps we should go to St Vincent de Paul—that well-known bastion of hatred of Australian people. Help me here. What a joke. These visas are used by people like St Vincent de Paul and Barnardos for a very good reason: they allow businesses and charities to bring in the skills they need. (Time expired)