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‘There’s a lot of us out there’: The people celebrating Christmas solo

‘There’s a lot of us out there’: The people celebrating Christmas solo

International traveller Rikard Reardon is part of a community of people celebrating Christmas Day away from family. He says it can be quite a joyful way to spend the holiday.

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola

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Coalition doubles down on promise of student caps, but still doesn’t say how

Coalition doubles down on promise of student caps, but still doesn’t say how

The Coalition has given its strongest signal yet that it will target rich city universities such as Sydney, Melbourne, UNSW and Monash with its own student caps.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers
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Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers

Labor will issue a go-slow on student visa processing once universities hit a certain number to get around Peter Dutton’s decision to block its student caps bill.

  • by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Australians don’t want to do the work’: Top restaurants slam migration crackdown
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‘Australians don’t want to do the work’: Top restaurants slam migration crackdown

Judy McMahon, owner of Rose Bay harbourside restaurant Catalina, said more than half of her employees were on visas.

  • by Daniella White
Cheating is now so rampant that uni degrees have become worthless
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University

Cheating is now so rampant that uni degrees have become worthless

The university as we know it is dead. COVID-19 nearly killed it, and AI has dealt the final blow.

  • by Mindy MacLeod
‘In bed with education agents’: Coalition under fire as Tehan dines with agents
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‘In bed with education agents’: Coalition under fire as Tehan dines with agents

Coalition immigration spokesman Dan Tehan was the featured guest at a private breakfast attended by education and migration agents the day before sinking Labor’s bill.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Senior Liberal headlines event for student visa agents before tanking migration bill
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Senior Liberal headlines event for student visa agents before tanking migration bill

Coalition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson headlined an event for migration agents and private colleges in the weeks before tanking Labor’s high-profile student caps bill.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Rich city universities got off too lightly under Labor’s caps: Dutton

Rich city universities got off too lightly under Labor’s caps: Dutton

Peter Dutton promised deeper cuts to student numbers and said “plenty of international students in pretty schmick accommodation” were stopping Australians from accessing housing.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Migration scheme in turmoil as Coalition, Greens torpedo overseas student caps
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Migration scheme in turmoil as Coalition, Greens torpedo overseas student caps

Labor’s laws to limit the number of foreign students have been blocked, the government calling Peter Dutton “a fraud” over his party’s decision.

  • by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Mad rush’: Unis block foreign applications amid record student arrivals

‘Mad rush’: Unis block foreign applications amid record student arrivals

A record number of international students entered the country in September ahead of the proposed international student caps due to take effect in January.

  • by Daniella White
University of Sydney attacks ‘misleading’ figures as hundreds of sector jobs go
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University of Sydney attacks ‘misleading’ figures as hundreds of sector jobs go

The university has accused the government of providing misleading figures about its foreign student cohort.

  • by Daniella White

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