Senate debates

Thursday, 17 August 2006

Questions without Notice

Skilled Migration

2:12 pm

Photo of Chris EvansChris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Vanstone, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Will the minister confirm that the document I referred to yesterday, headed ‘Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs: Arrivals by Visa Category 457 by ASCO occupation, financial year 2004-05’ is her department’s list, provided to the Parliamentary Library by her, that describes the 49,000 people who entered the country, most of whom were not on the list of skills required by Australia—a list also issued by her department? Will she confirm that these people—

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