The Home Affairs Minister's Response to the Pacific Labor Scheme

The Home Affairs Minister was also challenged in the questioning about the Pacific Labor Scheme. Do you have any concerns about that in relation to what the review found? Yes, I do. And one of the concerning things was the fact that she wouldn't even address this issue. In the report, it clearly shows that Pacific Islands have real concerns with Pacific Labor scheme. It will take young skilled people from the Pacific to Australia and that they won't return. One of the benefits of a temporary scheme is that they can come over, get the skills that they need and then return,. The skills that they've learned, they can then build up their own economies with.