Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Vanstone. Can the minister confirm that employers have to make a specific case before they can engage a worker on a temporary skilled migration visa? Can the minister explain whether there are any safeguards in place to ensure that these workers are actually employed in the specific field set out in their visa application? Isn’t it actually the case that there are no restrictions on what employers can force temporary skilled workers to do or even what industry they are employed in once they are in Australia? Doesn’t this totally undermine the case for these skilled workers being needed by particular employers in the first place?