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

The assertion from the opposition is that I did not know how it worked, but what we have is a leader of the opposition in the Senate who brought in the information, who did not know what it was, who used the most unreliable stuff and who, it appears, changed the data for his own purposes. The caravan park manager on a 457 visa in Central Australia manages 16 staff and it was certified by the Northern Territory Labor government that he was required to fill the job.

Senator Wong is looking bemused. Yesterday, remember, she was angry. I can assure Senator Wong, through you, Mr President, that if she goes back to law and goes before a court and changes the words—as they were changed yesterday—she will not be practising for very long. It is considered inappropriate for an officer of the court to mislead the court—and it should be considered inappropriate for the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate to come in here and use data he does not understand and take no notice of caveats. (Time expired)