Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

A temporary lapse of judgement by Senator Carr—and an indication of that judgement is the fact that the newspapers say that he voted for Mr Latham. Now to the question of IT workers. IT workers are amongst a significant cohort of people in the 457 visa category. It is simply not true to assert, however, that people who come in on 457 visas are new graduates who know nothing. It is extraordinary to hear Senator Lundy suggest that people under 30 have almost no skills. I think Senator Lundy needs to get with the program and look at the fact that there are young people in the IT industry who most likely have more skills than older people.