Australia caps international student numbers amid discontent over housing
Al JazeeraAUG 31 2024
This new visa system provides a fairer approach that protects regional and smaller universities while maintaining control over migration numbers. The change offers needed certainty to the education sector and helps to manage international student numbers in a more sustainable way. This solution effectively bypasses the parliamentary gridlock that blocked the original legislation.
These constant changes to visa policy settings make Australia appear unwelcoming as a higher education destination. The 80% processing threshold creates unnecessary confusion in the international student market and could damage the sector's reputation. This new directive is merely another flawed process replacing the previous one, shifting goalposts yet again.