Universities, we're told by both sides of politics, brought this upon themselves by becoming addicted to foreign income. But when did we decide that being a successful global market player is now a crime?
Madeleine King jetted off to Japan this week. Her third visit as federal resources minister to one of Australia's most essential trade partners.
King's visit is an example of the care with which both sides of politics usually take to protect and nurture the resources sector. As they should.Photo shows A graphic of two women in graduation outfits, against a purple background with a red graph line over the top. Limiting how many fee-paying foreign students each university can enrol up-ends the normal logic of government intervention.
While the government continues to defend its caps, there is a growing backlash underway, including from within. In Victoria, the proportion is even larger, at 23 per cent, or $14.9 billion. In South Australia, it's 14 per cent and in the ACT a staggering 57 per cent.
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