The dramatic intervention,introduced by Education Minister Jason Clare in parliament,aims to force down migration.
As more students need help,budget figures raise the stakes in tense government negotiations over spending on schools and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
University chiefs are being told to channel international students into courses that fill Australian skills shortages,deepening a dispute over federal plans to cap their annual intake.
Universities will be forced to stop a surge in overseas students,sparking fears about the impact on the $48 billion industry.
The plan to pay students $319 a week for placements is a start,but just because something is better than nothing doesn’t inherently make it good.
As scuffles broke out at a pro-Palestine encampment at an Australian university,the institution confirmed it was acting after days of pressure on vice chancellors.
The banks say it should be up to financial regulators to determine whether student debt gets special treatment in mortgage assessments.
Education Minister Jason Clare’s vision for getting more disadvantaged students into universities will be outlined in next week’s budget.
Education Minister Jason Clare also warned any intimidation on university campuses was “intolerable”.
Facing blowback over its agenda to help financially insecure Millennials,Labor has revealed a major change to the calculation of student loan indexation.
NSW and Victoria claim that onerous reporting conditions tied to the proposed 2.5 per cent funding increase will only add to pressures on teachers.