Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Last sitting period we had yet another clear example of how the opposition will not stand up to protect Australian wages and conditions, with the introduction of the Employer Sanctions Bill which they voted against. This is an opposition that talk tough when it comes to so-called illegal immigration and cynically exploit an incident, which is currently before the courts, to cause fear and unrest in the community but, when it actually comes to a specific opportunity to do something about employers exploiting our overseas temporary skilled worker program to the detriment of employment opportunities and to the detriment of those temporary skilled workers involved, they are nowhere to be found. They had an opportunity in this place to support the EmployerSanctions Billand they chose not to do it. (Time expired)