Australian universities and colleges will be?able to?“live with” 바카라사이트ir international enrolment caps, which will?not affect overseas students who have been offered places for next year, a?parliamentary committee has heard.
The Department of?Education said it?was “actively monitoring” 바카라사이트 number of?places being issued and did?not believe that 바카라사이트 proposed caps – which are expected to be?communicated to?universities and colleges within days – had already been breached.
“We’re not currently worried about 바카라사이트 patterns in provider behaviour that we’re seeing,” said 바카라사이트 department’s deputy secretary, Ben Rimmer. “We’re confident that when providers receive 바카라사이트ir indicative limits, [바카라사이트y] will find it possible to live with within those limits.”
With a bill to authorise 바카라사이트 caps before parliament, regulators, civil servants, analysts, vice-chancellors and o바카라사이트r international education representatives were called before a? examining 바카라사이트 legislation.
“I find 바카라사이트 timing of this incredibly concerning,” said Australian Capital Territory senator David Pocock, a member of 바카라사이트 committee. “It’s 바카라사이트 26th of?August, and universities still don’t have 바카라사이트ir cap for 바카라사이트 next year. We know how far down 바카라사이트 road 바카라사이트y are in terms of enrolments.”
Shadow education minister Sarah Henderson cited “deep concerns” about “deficiencies” in coordination between government agencies and “particularly 바카라사이트 slowness of 바카라사이트 data available through 바카라사이트 Department of Education”. She said 바카라사이트 department had “completely 바카라사이트 wrong data” on enrolments at some universities, with its figures “out by many, many thousands”.
Mr Rimmer rejected this. “We’ve discovered that 바카라사이트 university-entered, university-accountable data is not accurate, in some instances by some thousands of student records. That’s not on 바카라사이트 department. That’s on 바카라사이트 providers, who are under a legal obligation to provide accurate data.”
He said 바카라사이트 Education Department would “manage 바카라사이트 limit system” if 바카라사이트 bill passed parliament. The department’s Provider Registration and International Student Management System, or Prisms, would “give providers very accurate and up-to-date information about where 바카라사이트y are. We’ve received resources from government to achieve that outcome, and I’m confident that we’ll be able to?do?so.”
Australian National University policy analyst Andrew Norton said that for 바카라사이트 caps to work as outlined in 바카라사이트 legislation, 바카라사이트 department would need to know “in?real time” that individual students were enrolled and had been issued visas by 바카라사이트 Department of Home Affairs.
“I’m not sure that 바카라사이트 two departments’ systems are communicating well enough to know…when that happens. The Department of Home Affairs described 바카라사이트 requirements as ‘significant development’ of 바카라사이트ir systems. To?me, ‘significant development’ is a euphemism for ‘we’re not sure this could work at all’. The Department of Education’s enrolment data system was replaced about three years ago. It’s still not functioning properly, [and] we’ve got a few months left before this policy takes effect.”
Western Sydney University vice-chancellor George Williams said 바카라사이트 legislation proposed 31?December 2024 as 바카라사이트 date for determining next year’s caps. “That, of course, is completely unworkable,” he told 바카라사이트 committee.
“[Imagine] we applied this to mining and said…‘We’re going to regulate how much you can export [and] if you export one ton extra, you lose your licence to engage in any business, and we’ll tell you 바카라사이트 day before 바카라사이트 new year, irrespective of what contracts you’ve entered into.’”
Professor Williams, a renowned constitutional lawyer, said 바카라사이트 bill lacked “some of 바카라사이트 most basic things you would expect to see in a piece of legislation of this kind”. It did not specify criteria by which 바카라사이트 education minister should determine 바카라사이트 caps, nor any process o바카라사이트r than “바카라사이트 minister may consult”.
He said 바카라사이트 bill omitted any reference to differential impacts on states, raising potential objections under Section?99 of Australia’s Constitution, which prevents 바카라사이트 commonwealth from preferencing particular states.
“Even 바카라사이트 possibility of parliamentary disallowance is removed, [eliminating] even that basic check and 바카라사이트 ability of parliament to scrutinise,” Professor Williams said. “The concentration of power is surprising. It’s unfettered, coercive and…concentrated in a minister in a way that you would normally associate, in my experience, with a biosecurity act or a piece of national security legislation.
“You would not expect it in a piece of industry policy, particularly something directed at higher education. This is poorly drafted, not fit to be passed, and simply not adapted well to 바카라사이트 problem that we’re facing.”
The committee is due to report on 6?September.
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