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Follow the day’s new livePlane makes ‘wheels-up’ emergency landing at Newcastle airport after circling for hoursGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore details on government’s plan to cap international student numbersThe government has released a little more information on its plan to cap international students in a bid to ease housing shortages and clamp down on sub-standard education providers and agents. It will introduce legislation next week which will:Prevent education providers from owning education agent businesses.Pause applications for registration from new international education providers and of new courses from existing providers for periods of up to 12 months.Require new providers seeking registration to demonstrate a track record of quality education delivery to domestic students before they are allowed to recruit international students.Cancel dormant provider registrations to prevent them being used as a market entry tool by unscrupulous actors.Prevent providers under serious regulatory investigation from recruiting new international students.Improve the sharing of data relating to education agents.[The Coalition will announce its] energy policy not at the time of the media’s choosing or at a time of the government’s choosing but a time of the Coalition’s choosing.But it will be very clear in advance of the next election the way we want to go about opening up a new energy source for Australia. That will deliver emissions free energy and lower energy prices by increasing the mix of types of energy over the long term. Continue reading...
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More details on government’s plan to cap international student numbers
The government has released a little more information on its plan to cap international students in a bid to ease housing shortages and clamp down on sub-standard education providers and agents. It will introduce legislation next week which will:
Prevent education providers from owning education agent businesses.
Pause applications for registration from new international education providers and of new courses from existing providers for periods of up to 12 months.
Require new providers seeking registration to demonstrate a track record of quality education delivery to domestic students before they are allowed to recruit international students.
Cancel dormant provider registrations to prevent them being used as a market entry tool by unscrupulous actors.
Prevent providers under serious regulatory investigation from recruiting new international students.
Improve the sharing of data relating to education agents.
[The Coalition will announce its] energy policy not at the time of the media’s choosing or at a time of the government’s choosing but a time of the Coalition’s choosing.
But it will be very clear in advance of the next election the way we want to go about opening up a new energy source for Australia. That will deliver emissions free energy and lower energy prices by increasing the mix of types of energy over the long term. Continue reading...
