John Hogg (Queensland, Deputy-President) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware of remarks by the vice-president of the China International Contractors Association as reported in the Australian Financial Review newspaper today that Australian salary standards would raise Chinese labour costs? Isn’t the real motive behind the attempt to bring in Chinese labour to lower labour costs in Australia? Will the government take a stand to protect Australian wages from Chinese wage competition?