George Campbell (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Isn’t this another case of an employer using 457 visas to exploit foreign workers and undercut Australian wages and conditions? Is that what the minister meant when she said that we need the scheme to keep Australian wages down? How many more cases may be out there, Minister, unreported and not investigated because the workers face deportation by their employers if they speak out? Does the minister have absolute confidence in her department’s handling of the 457 visa scheme?