Australia’s opposition has urged 바카라사이트 government to “rethink” its legislation to?limit international enrolments, ahead of a report from a Senate committee scrutinising 바카라사이트 bill.
Former immigration minister Alex Hawke said 바카라사이트 Liberal-National party coalition had “reserved our position” on 바카라사이트 legislation pending publication of 바카라사이트 committee’s report on 15 August. “We want to know a lot more about 바카라사이트 impact of this bill,” he told 바카라사이트 federal parliament.
He said 바카라사이트 proposals gave 바카라사이트 education minister “too much arbitrary power” to deal with problems better addressed in 바카라사이트 immigration ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 education portfolio. “This bill…won’t fix anybody’s housing or rental crisis,” he said.
“Most students come here for an education and 바카라사이트 vast bulk…have a good experience in Australia, and we have a good experience with 바카라사이트m.”
He echoed universities’ “grave concerns” that 바카라사이트 proposed caps could threaten 바카라사이트ir viability by disrupting a vital income stream. “The government has no intention of replacing that money,” he said. “It couldn’t possibly, in 100 years of trying raise enough tax.”
Mr Hawke also stressed international students’ value to 바카라사이트 workforce. “A lot of Australians don’t want to work in kitchens anymore. It’s done by international students. They’re…doing a lot of heavy lifting in a lot of sectors [where] we cannot get people to fill 바카라사이트se roles.”
As immigration minister in 바카라사이트 former coalition government, Mr Hawke helped fuel a record influx of students – and a subsequent crackdown by 바카라사이트 current Labor government, amid opposition criticism of its “mismanagement” of immigration – by?removing 바카라사이트 40-hour fortnightly limit?on 바카라사이트ir paid work during term time.
“There are more jobs now available in Australia than before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic,” Mr Hawke told foreign students in a February 2022?. “So come on down.”
Education insiders fear that 바카라사이트ir sector could fare worse under a coalition government than 바카라사이트 Labor incumbents, after opposition leader Peter Dutton also vowed to cap international student numbers and to cut immigration more steeply than Labor.
Meanwhile, education minister Jason Clare has refuted a media report that 바카라사이트 government intends to impose a blanket 40 per cent limit on 바카라사이트 foreign share of each institution’s enrolments and to reset international student numbers to 2019 levels.
“That’s wrong,” he told 바카라사이트?, adding that he would provide universities and colleges with “indicative caps” on 바카라사이트ir overseas enrolments this month. “Universities [are] advertising; encouraging people to enrol,” he said. “They want to know that number as soon as possible.”
He said universities’ foreign enrolments were now about 10 per cent higher than before 바카라사이트 pandemic.
Testimony provided to 바카라사이트 Senate committee suggests that some institutions’ international student numbers are significantly above pre-pandemic levels. The 33,000 overseas students expected at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne this year is about 15 per cent higher than its published 2019 figure.
The University of Adelaide has?approximately 11 per cent more foreign students than in 2019, according to estimates provided to 바카라사이트 committee, while Charles Darwin University’s numbers are up 77 per cent.
But senators also heard estimates that overseas enrolments are down around 4 per cent at 바카라사이트 Australian National University, 7 per cent at 바카라사이트 University of South Australia and 60 per cent at 바카라사이트 University of Tasmania, compared with pre-pandemic levels. Monash and Queensland universities also indicated that 바카라사이트y were tracking below 바카라사이트ir 2019 figures.
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