Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Obviously, Australian workplace relations laws have provisions for protection of workers from exploitation. I answered some questions from Senator Gallagher earlier about the efforts the government is taking in response to the work of the Migrant Workers' Taskforce both to develop legislation that will enhance penalties in relation to exploitation of migrant workers operating in Australia and to raise awareness amongst those populations of their rights and the protections that exist under Australian workplace law.