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Education exports are worth $28 billion a year, nearly 20pc more than we thought

Tim Dodd
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Australia's third largest export, education, is worth far more than we thought.

After a major data adjustment the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has pushed what was already a record $23.6 billion in annual education exports in 2016-17 up to $28 billion, a 19 per cent increase in value.

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Tim Dodd writes on education specialising in business education, apps and opinion. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Tim covers higher education, schools, vocational education, online education and MOOCs. Connect with Tim on Twitter.

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