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

In addition to the commitments that are made in the application, there is a process of review over the first year where companies are required to report back and there is also an arrangement for site visits. As is the case with any compliance matter, such as, for example, the number of containers coming into the country, Customs do not inspect every container. Why? Because they work on the basis of targeting their compliance work, as in fact we do. In addition to that, there is the consequence of someone not living up to their commitments. That consequence may well be losing the right to sponsor further workers. Since this visa is very much appreciated in industry, you will find that people are not keen to lose the right to sponsor.

Do I expect that the New South Wales Department of Health will put in an application for a psychiatrist and ask the person to sweep the floors? No, I do not. Do you know why? Because, normally, industry put in an application for the workers they need, and they want those people to do those jobs. Why? So they can deliver better services and make Australian companies stronger and Australian jobs more secure. Australian jobs have never been more secure than they are now—thanks to good management of the economy and thanks to us not engineering a recession that we thought Australia had to have.