Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
1 At the end of Subdivision A of Division 3 A of Part 2
Add:
The purposes of this Division are as follows:
(a) to provide a framework for a temporary sponsored work visa program in order to address genuine skills shortages;
(b) to address genuine skills shortages in the Australian labour market:
(i) without displacing employment and training opportunities for Australian citizens and Australian permanent residents (within the meaning of the regulations); and
(ii) without the temporary sponsored work visa program serving as a mainstay of the skilled migration program;
( c ) to balance the objective of ensuring employment and training opportunities for Australian citizens and Australian permanent residents with that of upholding the rights of non - citizens sponsored to work in Australia under the program ;
( d ) to impose obligat ions on sponsors to ensure that:
(i) non - citizens sponsored to work in Australia under the program are protected ; and
(ii) the program is not used inappropriately ;
( e ) to enable monitoring, detect ion, deterre nce and enforcement in relation to any inappropriate use of the program;
( f ) to give Fair Work Inspectors (including the Fair Work Ombudsman) and inspectors appointed under this Division the necessary powers and functions to investigate compliance with the program.
140AB Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration
(1) The Minister must take all reasonable steps to ensure that, at all times, there is in existence a council that:
(a) is known as the Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration ; and
(b) is established under the executive power of the Commonwealth; and
(c) includes representatives of unions, industry and State and Territory governments and other members (if any) nominated by the Minister; and
(d) meets at least quarterly.
(2) Without limiting its functions apart from this section, the Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration is to provide advice to the Minister in relation to the temporary sponsored work visa program.