Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member very much for his question. This is a very important issue, because it brings into focus the credibility of the Leader of the Opposition. This is a man who at every turn—and there are many people behind him that could attest to this—he has doublecrossed most people in his public adult life. This is a leader of the opposition who says one thing outside of this chamber and a very different thing inside of this chamber. The Leader of the Opposition is here, saying that he wants to introduce a bill in relation to 457 visas. The whole idea of the 457 program is that, if the company or the employer cannot find an Australian worker, they can advertise for an overseas worker. And we heard from the Leader of the Opposition on the introduction of a bill into this place—somehow, he wanted to change the focus of this particular 457 visa program. But when he was the employment minister—when he was a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments—he did the complete opposite. Mr Speaker, can you imagine the surprise this morning when the Leader of the Opposition woke up to this headline in The Daily Telegraph

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