Education Minister to Cap Volume of International Students Coming into Australia

Published on May 13, 2024

The education minister will have new powers to curb foreign student numbers at Australian universities from next week, in a move put forward by the Albanese Labor government to help stabilise foreign migration numbers, and cut back on “shonky” providers. The legislation will allow the minister to set an allocation for the maximum number of new international student enrolments education providers can offer. For vocational education, these allocations will be set based on advice from the minister for skills and training. Education Minister Jason Clare’s office did not comment on what would be an ideal quota of students, or how much current intakes could be reduced....

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