Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to again respond, because I think this is one of the areas where legitimate concerns have been raised, but once the correct information is provided some of those concerns should be eased. My advice is that the 4,000 to 5,000 visas that are provided for under that section of the Indonesia free trade agreement are under the working holiday visa system, of which Indonesians are 1.5 per cent—so, some 500 of those visas. The same labour market testing applies. There is an argument here because the majority of those visas are provided to citizens of the UK. The Indonesians make up a tiny percentage, when you compare the number of their visas to the 60,000-odd visas that are provided to British citizens. There are some issues being raised about why Indonesian people shouldn't have a similar opportunity, after going through the proper process, to access visas under these arrangements.