Universities left in the lurch as Labor pushes back student cap bill
Labor has pushed back controversial legislation that would impose caps on international student numbers, with universities and private colleges claiming they are being held to ransom by political incompetence and are unable to plan for how many people they can enrol next year.
The government now has only two weeks to pass the changes, which are due to start on January 1, before parliament ends for the year. The delay has meant education providers won’t know if the caps will be imposed until weeks before they are meant to begin.
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