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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I point out that one of the families that came in was the Wright family. The minister has been asked these questions before in estimates and on notice. Yesterday I asked her if she could confirm the information on that list. If the minister claims that the information on that list is not representative then I do not know why her department produced it. Can the minister tell us today exactly how many people let into the country in 2004-05 under the so-called skilled 457 visas were caravan park workers, personal assistants, housekeepers, ticket sellers and waiters? How is it that they came in under that visa given that those categories were not listed as being skills shortages in this country?

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