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Georgina Downer

Neither side of politics shares Menzies’ vision for higher education

Instead of Labor and the Coalition competing to scapegoat international students for housing shortages, they should reimagine our universities as engines of thought, culture, and progress.

The federal government’s proposed international student caps would damage our universities, as they face bearing the brunt of decades of poorly designed housing and immigration policies.

The Coalition’s decision to block the government’s legislation is about politics, not about good higher education policy.

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Georgina Downer is the chief executive of the Robert Menzies Institute.

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