Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Michaelia Cash, the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the Hon. Peter Dutton. Let me congratulate the minister on scrapping 457 visas in relation to the maritime industry, which I was instrumental in bringing about to protect Australian maritime jobs. However, it would seem that now, in lieu of the 457 visas, the department is issuing subclass 400 visas to applicants from countries such as Mexico, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Poland and the Philippines, to name a few. The subclass 400 visas have no foundational framework, as with the previous 457 visas. There is no labour market testing in regard to that visa and there are no criminal checks, no health checks and no checking of the qualifications of the applicant by the relevant authority. The visa can be issued within 24 hours. My question is: in view of those facts, what action does the minister intend to take to ensure such visas are no longer issued in the maritime industry?