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Flat White

Labor’s six-figure student caps won’t solve a thing

Australia has 12 per cent of the world’s international students

1 September 2024

7:46 PM

1 September 2024

7:46 PM

People are angry about Labor’s plan to cap international students at 270,000 in 2025, saying that such drastic cuts will hurt universities. And I share their anger, not because these cuts will hurt universities, but because these cuts don’t go far enough.

Firstly, the tricky thing about Labor’s messaging is that these cuts aren’t really cuts, they’re actually just slight reductions in growth.

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