Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

If the agency has been undertaking research, what research has been undertaken by the agency to date? I will ask that question again: the minister in her answer to me stated that the agency has been undertaking research to date in relation to the minimum standards. Would the minister be kind enough to advise the Senate what research has been undertaken by the agency to date, given the fact that there was a three-year lead-up in relation to this legislation and the legislation has been on the government's agenda for the majority of this year. Also, the relevant reporting period that employers will be reporting under actually commenced approximately three or four months ago.