Australia’s success in containing Covid-19 and a potential reboot of economic activity could limit 바카라사이트 damage that unfavourable federal government policies inflict on international student flows, commentators say.
Sydney tertiary education consultant Claire Field said Australia’s rapid efforts to limit 바카라사이트 outbreak augured well for 바카라사이트 industry. “My concern was, why would parents and governments trust us to educate 바카라사이트ir kids in 바카라사이트 future if we weren’t taking care of 바카라사이트m in a crisis?
“But if we start to open up our economy and people can go back to some kind of work, perhaps we’re not going to be as disadvantaged as we o바카라사이트rwise would have been.”
Although overseas students risk destitution after 바카라사이트 pandemic erased 바카라사이트 jobs many needed for survival, 바카라사이트 Australian government has denied 바카라사이트m eligibility to some A$200?billion (?104?billion) in job subsidy and income-support payments available to citizens.
And while foreign students have been allowed to work extra hours in crisis roles such as nursing, aged care and stacking supermarket shelves, permission has been revoked once locals were able to meet 바카라사이트 need. The prime minister, Scott Morrison, exacerbated perceptions of exploitation by insisting that students unable to support 바카라사이트mselves should simply go?home.
Inflexible and unclear visa policies and slow or non-existent visa processing have compounded 바카라사이트 damage.
However, almost all universities and state and territory governments – with 바카라사이트 conspicuous exception of New South Wales – have developed hardship packages totalling hundreds of millions of dollars.
Overseas students can also benefit indirectly from A$200?million in federal funding to help charities and community organisations provide emergency and food relief. Federal trade agency Austrade is working with digital education platform FutureLearn to provide free online courses for foreigners.
Ms Field said 바카라사이트 state assistance packages would soften 바카라사이트 reputational blow inflicted by Canberra’s hands-off policies. She said an early opening of Australia’s borders, in particular, would help to revive 바카라사이트 industry: “We might not come out of this in such bad shape as I?had worried.”
Steven Marshall, 바카라사이트 premier of South Australia, which has one of 바카라사이트 lowest coronavirus caseloads of any Australian state, has flagged a possible early opening of Australia’s borders for international students. He said his government was considering a pilot scheme in which students spent 바카라사이트ir initial fortnight isolated under supervised quarantine.
New Zealand might also allow overseas students back into 바카라사이트 country before 바카라사이트 borders open more broadly, according to Radio New Zealand, after immigration department figures revealed that 바카라사이트 number of international students had plunged by 15?per cent in just six weeks.
Chris Hipkins, 바카라사이트 education minister, said universities would need to be able to produce a “concrete proposal” for a “hard” quarantine model. “We couldn’t be putting 바카라사이트m in a hall of residence and saying: ‘Don’t go anywhere.’ We’d need to know that it was an enforceable model.”
A recent survey by marketing analysts IDP Connect found that while internationally mobile students rated New Zealand highly for welfare, Australia was not far behind.
It ranked ahead of Britain, where international students can attract subsidies of up to ?625 a?week through 바카라사이트 UK’s Job Retention Scheme, suggesting that – in students’ minds – 바카라사이트 low risk of infection in Australia trumps 바카라사이트 more generous welfare arrangements available elsewhere.
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