A Labor-led senate inquiry has recommended that a ministerial power to set international student caps at a course level be removed from the government’s proposed legislation.
The government plans to cap the number of international students able to commence studies in Australia next year to 270,000.A Labor-led Senate inquiry has recommended that a ministerial power to set international student caps at a course level be removed from the government's proposed legislation.
Course-level caps have been one of the more contentious parts of the bill, with university groups telling the inquiry that it would be "completely unworkable" and amount to "ministerial overreach". It would still allow for different limits for regional and metro campuses and between sectors, such as higher education and vocational, the report read.
Labor Senator Tony Sheldon, who chairs the committee, said it was "time the Liberals and Nationals stop delaying". "The fact that it is now October, and the minister is asking Australia's higher education and VET sector to implement caps by the first of January with so much uncertainty … is absolutely insane," she said.
"The bill is a blunt instrument with poorly drafted policies put together on the run for political reasons," he said.Under the government's overhaul, the number of international students able to commence their studies in Australia next year would be capped at 145,000 for public universities, 30,000 for private universities and 95,000 in the vocational sector.
Education providers have also been given individual caps, based on a formula that takes into account previous levels of international student commencements and the make-up of their student body.
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