‘Non-genuine’ foreign students to be weeded out
A year after the Albanese government declared some international students could stay for an additional two years after graduation, Labor has backflipped on the promise as part of efforts to trim the number of temporary migrants in Australia.
New measures aimed at weeding out non-genuine students who use the study visa system to access the jobs market will include higher English-language proficiency requirements and more scrutiny of applicants with greater priority given to those who enrol in high-quality, high-fee universities and colleges.
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