Subsection (3) is a new provision which creates a specific offence for an employer to enter into an employment contract in the absence of the necessary employment permit. Until now, it has been an offence only for an employee to take up employment without such a permit, which has been a source of concern to me for some time. Senators will agree that it is right we should take this legislative opportunity to redress the imbalance that has hitherto existed; it makes no sense that, in the context of what can be seen as an exploitative relationship, the person doing the exploiting should go unpunished.