The government wants to flip Melbourne’s growth from the fringes to its established suburbs,but it will need to overcome years of migration trends to do so.
Dutton evoked Abbott’s 2013 campaign vow to “stop the boats”,reviving a political clash over immigration,even as Labor knocks back student visas at record rates.
NSW will lose almost 13,000 students,representing a hit of hundreds of millions of dollars in direct revenue. See the full list.
New government analysis reveals international students make up 7 per cent of the private rental market,and more than 20 per cent in inner Sydney and Melbourne.
International students will have a quarter of Victoria’s regional skilled work visas reserved for them.
Premier Jacinta Allan has announced a $5 million fund for offshore education while in Delhi,where she is spruiking Victoria’s relationship with India.
The university will be limited to 9300 new international students next year but says it was banking on having more than 11,000.
Vice chancellors say they were blindsided by limits that kneecap institutions that achieved strong growth this year.
The University of Melbourne will shrug off any effects of the government’s new caps on foreign students,despite the institutions protestations,S&P says.
Chief executives and former international students say caps risk damaging the reputation of Australian tech education at a time when more talent,not less,is needed.
The arbitrary cap on higher education numbers won’t work. Here’s a better idea:cut student numbers with more rigorous,export-quality courses.