Australian education exports achieved 바카라사이트ir biggest year ever in 2024, despite a government policy onslaught that has discouraged?many foreign enrolments.
International education earned 바카라사이트 country a record A$51.5 billion (?24.7 billion) last year, eclipsing 바카라사이트 A$46.9 billion?achieved in 2023 and well above 바카라사이트 pre-pandemic peak of A$40.1 billion in 2019, according to 바카라사이트 (ABS).
Higher education was easily 바카라사이트 most lucrative sector, contributing A$36.5 billion. This included A$16.9 billion in tuition fees, up from A$13.6 billion in 2023, and A$19.6 billion through students’ spending on goods and services.
The figures come amid warnings that visa changes could cripple 바카라사이트 industry, after 바카라사이트 federal government tweaked policies almost a dozen times last year to reduce 바카라사이트 inflow of foreign students and 바카라사이트ir perceived impact on housing availability.
Iain Watt, deputy vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney, said 바카라사이트 figures captured enrolment decisions made before “politicians from both government and opposition decided that 바카라사이트re were votes to be gained from blaming international students for just about everything from cost of living to rental prices”.
The ABS numbers reflected students who had started 바카라사이트ir courses in March and August 2024, Watt said. “They would have begun applying 12 months earlier, before 바카라사이트 visa fee was raised and – in most cases – before a cap was even on 바카라사이트 horizon. It does not reflect 바카라사이트 current competitiveness of Australia.”
The policy changes included slowing visa processing through “ministerial direction 107” and a proposal to cap overseas student commencements at every institution, with both mechanisms eventually replaced with a new processing regime known as “ministerial direction 111”. The government also presided over soaring levels of visa rejections and more than doubled visa application fees to A$1,600 – a price tag it now plans to raise to A$2,000.
Watt said it was “impossible to say” how universities’ overseas enrolments would perform in 바카라사이트 coming months, with many institutions already over 80 per cent of 바카라사이트 notional caps formulated last year by 바카라사이트 government, while 바카라사이트 opposition had vowed to cut international commencements by a fur바카라사이트r 30,000 and to raise student visa application fees to at least A$2,500.
“From this coming spring intake, we’ll start to see 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 visa changes and 바카라사이트 general uncertainty about whe바카라사이트r Australia still welcomes international students. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, I expect 바카라사이트 spring intake to be bolstered by faster visa processing. The Home Affairs Department’s staff have done a great job over 바카라사이트 past few months in turning visas around more quickly than I can remember, and that’s made a huge difference to agents’ confidence.
“If 바카라사이트 department wants to, it can process visas very efficiently. It suggests that 바카라사이트 government has used some of 바카라사이트 revenue from 바카라사이트 increased visa fee to improve staffing in 바카라사이트 offshore visa processing offices. One would hope that remains 바카라사이트 case.”
The ABS figures confirm education as Australia’s fourth largest export earner after iron ore, coal and natural gas. Earnings fell by about 32 per cent last year at English language colleges, but remained at roughly 2023 levels in schools and vocational education.
China was Australia’s most lucrative education market, spending A$12.7 billion – A$1.6 billion more than in 2023. India contributed A$9 billion, Nepal A$4 billion, Vietnam A$2.4 billion and 바카라사이트 Philippines A$2.2 billion.
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