Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The government strongly rejects any assertion of a lack of action to address exploitation of migrant workers. The government has passed tougher laws to better protect vulnerable workers, has boosted the resources of the regulator and has commenced work on implementing the recommendations of the Migrant Workers' Taskforce, including drafting new criminal penalties for the worst forms of worker exploitation. Labor went to the last election with a 310-page policy platform containing over 100 mentions of unions, $387 billion of higher taxes and precisely zero references to either a migrant workers task force or criminal penalties for wage theft.