Senate debates Bills

Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; In Committee


Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment

1:13 pm

Obviously, Australian workplace relations laws have provisions for protection of workers from exploitation. I answered some questions from Senator Gallagher earlier about the efforts the government is taking in response to the work of the Migrant Workers' Taskforce both to develop legislation that will enhance penalties in relation to exploitation of migrant workers operating in Australia and to raise awareness amongst those populations of their rights and the protections that exist under Australian workplace law.

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