Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Does the minister agree that visiting companies and asking temporary foreign workers in the presence of their employer, ‘Are things going well?’ and ‘Is there anything you would like to talk to DIMA staff members about?’ is an ineffective compliance strategy? Isn’t that the description the minister’s own department gave of those visits? Can the minister confirm how many employers have been permanently banned from employing temporary foreign workers as a result of the department’s compliance activity?