Australia’s international student graduates should return home, former minister says
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Australia’s international student graduates should return home, former minister says

Former immigration minister Philip Ruddock is urging the government to make international student graduates leave Australia and reapply for visas from overseas.

Australia’s longest-serving immigration minister has urged the Albanese government to push international university graduates out of the country and force them to reapply for visas, in his most pointed comments on the immigration policy debate since he left office.

Quick Sip: The $53 billion international education sector is already under pressure from new visa restrictions, so if you work in or around universities, further changes could affect jobs and enrolments soon.
Full story at The Age

What readers are saying

DayboroIris
The Parkinson review found that over half of graduate visa holders end up in low-skilled work like retail or driving, despite having degrees. That's the real waste - not the students themselves, but a system that's not matching qualifications to jobs.
UncleRita
Ruddock's own system is now the problem he's trying to fix.
caro_stirling
If universities rely on international student fees for up to 40 per cent of revenue, who covers that shortfall if they're forced to reapply from overseas? 🌻

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