international students

Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has expressed concern over the number of international students appealing against Labor’s student cap.

Matt Barrie, the CEO of Freelancer, has said dramatic action is needed to address Australia’s spiralling inflation and housing crisis.

The federal government needs to go back to the drawing board and better consult with the state and the sector before it’s too late, Tim Pallas said.

This will bring the number of new international student commencements pre-pandemic levels.

The Student Accommodation Council has said blaming students for housing affordability problems is unfair.

Universities Australia warns new legislation could harm international education sector.

Dutton has pledged to cut overseas migration from 260,000 to 160,000, while Coalition partner Littleproud said it would not affect migration to regional areas.

Student Accommodation Council noted that rents began rising in 2020 when migration was prohibited by travel bans and the majority of students returned home.

The Labor government will scrap a rule that automatically fails a potential international student if they express intention to settle down in Australia.

The Tory leader has said the minister’s comment on the high number of international students in Canada is a ‘vicious attack’ on his predecessor Sean Fraser.

The minister says the ‘volume is disconcerting.’

With genuine housing shortages and infrastructure bottlenecks, the ‘big Australia’ concept unsurprisingly no longer enjoys the favour it might have once had.

The government want to reduce the number of temporary visa holders prolonging their stay in the country without a clear pathway to permanent residence.