Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has flagged visa extensions for international graduates as a key initiative of this week’s Jobs and Skills Summit to encourage foreign students to stay in Australia to help relieve workforce shortages.
Mr Clare is considering extending the two-year work visa for international graduates to three or four years, a move that won the immediate backing of businessman and university chancellor David Gonski.
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Tom Burton was government editor at The Australian Financial Review.
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