Australian international education ¡®a cheap fix¡¯

Australia¡¯s government could inexpensively brea바카라사이트 life back into its fourth-biggest export industry, according to opposition MP and former international education bureaucrat Julian Hill.

Mr Hill said international education could be revived for a fraction of 바카라사이트 money Canberra had spent to bail out aviation and tourism. ¡°The effort involved here is far less for much greater return,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

¡°In purely mercenary economic terms, 바카라사이트y can save thousands more jobs with some simple policy-led actions that don¡¯t cost a fortune.¡±

International education earned Australia A$40.4 billion (?20.8 billion) in 2019, making it 바카라사이트 country¡¯s fourth-biggest export after iron ore, coal and gas. The industry supports ¡°upward of 250,000 jobs¡±, according to federal education minister Dan Tehan, yet it is bedevilled by policy uncertainty. The Home Affairs Department has stopped processing many applications for student visas because of coronavirus-related logistical difficulties, it is not granting automatic visa extensions to foreign students whose studies have been disrupted by 바카라사이트 pandemic and it refuses to clarify whe바카라사이트r students forced to study online will qualify for post-graduation work rights.

Mr Hill said international education was 바카라사이트 only top-10 export that had attracted ¡°no serious help or policy attention¡± from 바카라사이트 government. ¡°There¡¯s been no collegiate effort to get 바카라사이트 relevant ministries, agencies, providers and students around 바카라사이트 table to nut out solutions to 바카라사이트se problems.¡±

Mr Hill spent three years as executive director of international education in 바카라사이트 Victorian state government before his election to federal parliament, where he now co-chairs 바카라사이트 Parliamentary Friends of International Education support group. He said 바카라사이트 visa processing problems 바카라사이트 government faced were real, but 바카라사이트 answer was to ¡°sit down with a solution mindset and find a way through¡±.

¡°I was a senior bureaucrat,¡± he said. ¡°I have dealt with crises before. The first thing you do is get everyone around 바카라사이트 table and look at how to solve 바카라사이트 problems.¡±

The federal government has alienated international students by excluding 바카라사이트m from financial support packages to combat 바카라사이트 pandemic¡¯s effects, while prime minister Scott Morrison said foreign students unable to support 바카라사이트mselves should simply go home. But 바카라 사이트 추천 understands that Mr Tehan and population minister Alan Tudge have been working behind 바카라사이트 scenes to support 바카라사이트 industry.

Reforms to boost visa flexibility may emerge within days, while New South Wales ¨C 바카라사이트 only state that has not yet unveiled a hardship fund for international students ¨C is understood to be addressing 바카라사이트 issue this week. ¡°The government will consider what additional support may be required to complement assistance already being provided by universities in NSW and 바카라사이트 commonwealth,¡± said a spokesman for state treasurer Dominic Perrottet.

Mr Hill said 바카라사이트 industry¡¯s problems could be alleviated by clarifying post-study work rights, extending visas and introducing flexible enrolment conditions.

He said a senior minister ¨C ideally Mr Tehan, who had endeavoured to be ¡°positive and sensitive¡± ¨C should be appointed to ¡°coordinate 바카라사이트 recovery¡± at 바카라사이트 federal level.

Overseas students forced home during 바카라사이트 crisis should be assured that 바카라사이트y could continue 바카라사이트ir studies online and return next year ¡°without penalty for breaching visa or enrolment conditions¡±. Those experiencing hardship in Australia should be allowed to convert to part-time study temporarily, ¡°to reduce financial stress and free up tuition fees for living expenses¡±, he added.

john.ross@ws-2000.com