Tech CEO Matt Barrie has suggested international students pay an “infrastructure levy” to pay their fair share of the investment needed to build up Australia’s infrastructure services for a rapidly increasing population.
Barrie, CEO of the world’s largest freelance platform, Freelancer.com, said the move could also filter out those using student visas as a backdoor to permanent residency from genuine students and skilled migrants “who are prepared to invest in their future and contribute to a society.”