Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry, Procurement and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. My question did not relate particularly to Amex—it was a more general proposition—but, having given that answer, can the minister indicate how many of those agreements have been signed and how many workers on 457 visas are employed under these agreements? If the minister does not have that information to hand, can she take the question on notice and report back to the Senate at a later date? Can the minister also report on whether she has approved any applications for agreements with employers that provide for salaries below the statutory minimum and, if so, can she indicate whom those agreements apply to? If the minister has not finalised those negotiations to date, can she also advise the Senate in due course as to whether there are any such negotiations in progress at this time?