Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I will repeat that. They are amendments (5) to (8), (10) to (18), (22), (23), (25), (27) to (30), (32) to (37), (39) to (44) and (47) to (55).

Leave granted.

by leave—I move opposition amendments (5) to (8), (10) to (18), (22), (23), (25), (27) to (30), (32) to (37), (39) to (44) and (47) to (55):

(5) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 11), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(6) Schedule 1, item 1 page 3 (lines 14 and 15), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(7) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 20), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(8) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (line 23), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(10) Schedule 1, item 3, page 3 (after line 29), after the definition of benefit in subsection (4), insert:

  migration outcome -related event has the meaning given by section 245AQ.

(11) Schedule 1, item 3, page 3 (lines 30 and 31), omit the definition of sponsorship-related event in subsection (4).

(12) Schedule 1, item 6, page 4 (line 8), omit "sponsored visas", substitute "work visas".

(13) Schedule 1, item 6, page 4 (after line 24), after the definition of executive officer in section 245AQ, insert:

  migration outcome -related event means any of the following events:

  (a) a person applying for approval as a sponsor under section 140E in relation to a sponsor class;

  (b) a person applying for a variation of a term of an approval as a sponsor under section 140E in relation to a sponsor class;

(c) a person becoming, or not ceasing to be, a party to a work agreement;

  (d) a person agreeing to be, or not withdrawing his or her agreement to be, an approved sponsor in relation to an applicant or proposed applicant for a sponsored visa;

(e) a person making a nomination under section 140GB in relation to a holder of, or an applicant or proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa, or including another person in such a nomination;

  (f) a person not withdrawing a nomination made under section 140GB in relation to a holder of, or an applicant or proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa;

(g) a person applying under the regulations for approval of the nomination of a position in relation to the holder of, or an applicant or proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa, or including another person in such a nomination;

  (h) a person not withdrawing the nomination under the regulations of a position in relation to the holder of, or an applicant or proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa;

(i) a person employing or engaging, or not terminating the employment or engagement of, a person to work in an occupation or position in relation to which a work visa has been granted, has been applied for or is to be applied for;

  (j) a person engaging, or not terminating the engagement of, a person to undertake a program, or carry out an activity, in relation to which a sponsored visa has been granted, has been applied for or is to be applied for;

(k) the grant of a work visa;

  (l) a prescribed event.

(14) Schedule 1, item 6, page 4 (after line 27), after the definition of sponsored visa in section 245AQ, insert:

  work visa means:

  (a) a sponsored visa; or

  (b) any other visa (other than a visa of a prescribed kind, however described) in accordance with which the holder may perform work:

     (i) without restriction; or

     (ii) subject to one or more work-related conditions.

(15) Schedule 1, item 6, page 4 (line 28) to page 5 (line 31), omit the definition of sponsorship-related event in section 245AQ.

(16) Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (line 33), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(17) Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (line 38), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(18) Schedule 1, item 6, page 6 (line 2), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(22) Schedule 1, item 6, page 6 (line 23), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(23) Schedule 1, item 6, page 6 (line 28), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(25) Schedule 1, item 6, page 6 (line 31), omit "sponsorship-related event", substitute "migration outcome-related event".

(27) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (lines 12 and 13), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(28) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (line 15), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(29) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (line 18), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(30) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (line 20), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(32) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (line 24), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(33) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (lines 32 and 33), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(34) Schedule 1, item 6, page 8 (lines 4 and 5), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(35) Schedule 1, item 6, page 8 (line 8), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(36) Schedule 1, item 6, page 8 (line 11), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(37) Schedule 1, item 6, page 8 (line 13), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(39) Schedule 1, item 6, page 8 (line 24), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(40) Schedule 1, item 6, page 8 (lines 32 and 33), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(41) Schedule 1, item 6, page 9 (line 4), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(42) Schedule 1, item 6, page 9 (line 8), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(43) Schedule 1, item 6, page 9 (line 12), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(44) Schedule 1, item 6, page 9 (line 14), omit "sponsorship-related contravention", substitute "migration outcome-related contravention".

(47) Schedule 1, item 9, page 14 (line 22), omit "sponsorship-related offence", substitute "migration outcome-related offence".

(48) Schedule 1, item 10, page 14 (line 26), omit "sponsorship-related provision", substitute "migration outcome-related provision".

(49) Schedule 1, page 14 (after line 27), after item 10, insert:

10A Section 487A

  Insert:

  migration outcome -related offence means:

  (a) an offence against Subdivision D of Division 12 of Part 2; or

  (b) an offence against section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914 that relates to an offence against that Subdivision; or

(c) an ancillary offence (within the meaning of the Criminal Code) that is, or relates to, an offence against that Subdivision.

  migration outcome -related provision means a civil penalty provision in Subdivision D of Division 12 of Part 2.

(50) Schedule 1, item 11, page 14 (line 31) to page 15 (line 1), omit paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of related provision, substitute:

  (a) a migration outcome-related offence; or

  (b) a migration outcome-related provision; or

(51) Schedule 1, item 12, page 15 (lines 4 to 14), to be opposed.

(52) Schedule 1, item 13, page 15 (lines 17 to 19), omit paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute:

  (a) a possible migration outcome-related offence; or

  (b) a possible contravention of a migration outcome-related provision; or

(53) Schedule 1, item 15, page 15 (line 25), omit "sponsorship-related provision", substitute "migration outcome-related provision".

(54) Schedule 1, item 16, page 15 (lines 29 to 31), omit subparagraphs (i) and (ii), substitute:

     (i) a migration outcome-related offence has been committed; or

     (ii) a migration outcome-related provision has been contravened; or

(55) Schedule 1, item 17, page 16 (lines 5 and 6), omit subparagraphs (a)(i) and (ii), substitute:

     (i) the migration outcome-related offence or offences; or

     (ii) the migration outcome-related provision or provisions; or

As I noted during the second reading debate, in our judgement this bill is defective in that the bill does not apply to all work related visas, including student visas and working holiday visas. It is limited to employer sponsored visas, but the kinds of exploitation that the bill seeks to prevent have arisen with regard to other visas as well. As we have seen with the 7-Eleven examples, these amendments extend protection to all holders of temporary work visas and subject their employers to the same penalty regime. A consequential amendment substitutes the term 'migration outcome related event' for the term used in the bill: 'sponsorship event'. The thrust of these matters is to provide proper protections, not taking away rights but actually enhancing the rights of visa holders when, as we have seen, there have been so many examples of people being ripped off.