No evidence of 457 visa rorts: coalition

THE federal government's crackdown on 457 visas amid claims of rorting is based purely on union rhetoric, not evidence, the opposition says.

PM Julia Gillard and Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor have failed to produce any departmental report as evidence of widespread rorting of the scheme, Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says.

"Instead, they have simply channelled the rhetoric of their union masters," Mr Morrison said in a speech to the Urban Development Institute of Australia's National Conference.

The crackdown also undermined the government's views on the scheme from just two months ago, he said.

"If there is widespread rorting of 457s, as the Prime Minister now claims, then her previous minister, Chris Bowen, clearly didn't think so," Mr Morrison told the conference in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Only in January, he said, a spokesman for Mr Bowen had said the government "had the balance right" on the visas.

"The only thing that has changed since then is that the prime minister is desperate to shore up the union support that keeps her in the job."

Even if the rorting claims proved to be true, the government only had itself to blame for failing to protect Australia's borders and policing its skilled migration program, Mr Morrison said.

A record high number of the visas occurred last financial year, with more than 125,000 granted, he said.

"If Labor believes that the current number of 457s being granted is too high, it is their own doing, it is their own record," Mr Morrison said.

Temporary migration with a focus on skills is vital both to Australia's economy and its historical reputation as arguably the most successful immigration nation on earth, he said.

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