APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 1

SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED

Submission

Number                       Submitter

1                            Ethnic Community Council of Queensland Ltd

2                            Restaurant and Catering Australia

3                            V and V Walsh Pty Ltd

4                            Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA)

5                            The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA)

6                            Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)

7                            Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union National Office (CFMEU)

8                            Australian Mines and Metals Association

9                            Thinking Australia

10                          Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)

11                          Fragomen Global

12                          Australian Industry Group

13                          Riverina Regional Development Board

14                          The Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA in conjunction with APPEA

15                          Name Withheld

16                          Paul Ridley

17                          Name Withheld

18                          Department of Immigration and Citizenship

19                          Australian Council of Trade Unions

20                          Nolan's Interstate Transport

21                          Australian Contract Professional Management Association (ACPMA)

22                          Office of the Privacy Commissioner

23                          Migration Institute of Australia

24                          Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA (PGA)

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED

1          Document titled "State/Territory Summary Report – Subclass 457 Business (Long Stay) 2007 – 2008" tabled by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at public hearing in Sydney Friday 31 October 2008

2          Document titled "AI Group Comments on DIAC Discussion Paper: Business (Long Stay) Subclass 457 and related temporary visa reforms" request for document taken on notice by the Australian Industry Group at public hearing in Sydney Friday 31 October 2008

3.         Association of Consulting Engineers Australia - Answers to Questions on Notice received Tuesday 4 November

4.         CFMEU documents received Tuesday 4 November:

-           457 visa worker awarded $96k kidnapping compensation Sep 21, 2007

-           Sydney Morning Herald article "Exploitation of skilled migrants exposed" 28 August 2008

-           Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser article "Injured ‘Mack’ dies" 11 September 2008

-           Rajan Kandasamy & other Guest workers sacked after refusing AWA’s that cut pay 261006

-           Record fine for Hanssen over exploitative treatment of 457 visa workers 12 March 2008

-           Workplace Ombudsman - Just $9650 for 18 months restaurant work, so the boss faces court 13 October 2008

-           Workplace Ombudsman - NSW Restaurant to Pay More than $18,000 for Exploiting Overseas Worker 17 March 2008

-           Workplace Ombudsman - Filipino 457 visa nursing assistants treated shabbily, says workplace watchdog August 15, 2008

-           Filipino 457 visa worker unfairly sacked over illness union Jan 20, 2008

-           Emily Bourke - Deaths prompt calls for 457 visa inquiry Aug 28, 2007

-           Company ordered to pay 457 visa migrant workers $650,000 Oct 31, 2006

-           Workplace Ombudsman - Company fined $40,000 for underpaying Chinese employees 18 September 2008

-           Kate Scanlan - Dartbridge Welding sacked 457 visa Filipino workers Oct 19, 2006

-           Workplace Ombudsman - 457 visa sponsor West Australian Company Found Guilty of 21 Workplace Breaches 12 March 2008

-           The Office of Workplace Services - $93K Recovered from Aprint (Aust) Pty Ltd for four 457 visa workers 30 October 2006

-           Calls for state migration policy by Anna Moreau the WA Business News (Australia), October 30, 2008

-           Bob Kinnaird – "Temporary foreign workers – cheap labour?" A PowerPoint presentation.

5.         Fragomen – Answers to Questions on Notice received Wednesday 5 November

6.         Australian Industry Group – Answers to Questions on Notice received Wednesday 5 November

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