Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Can the minister confirm that in the year she became minister for immigration all 457 visa sponsors were monitored for compliance with visa conditions? Is it also the case that in that year more than a quarter of all work sites employing 457 visa holders were visited by the department? Is it true that last year less than two-thirds of all 457 visa sponsors were monitored for compliance and a mere 18 per cent of sites where 457 visa holders worked were inspected? Can the minister explain why, at a time of increasingly disturbing publicity about 457 visa rorts, her department is visiting less than one in five work sites?