Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Cormann says that he does not have any. I did not actually mention Senator Cormann; I just said that, if any of you Western Australian senators had financial interests, you should put your hands on the table and declare them.

I do not have a lot of time left but I will use this opportunity to say that there is a very devious cause being run too. It is coming from the Minerals Council of Australia through their CEO, Mitch Hooke, who made it very clear in the Australian on 9 April 2010 that he wants predominantly 457 visa workers employed in this industry. (Time expired)