International student numbers in Australia will be controlled by a new informal cap. Here’s how it will work
- Written by Peter Hurley, Associate Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Paper Cat/ Shutterstock The federal government has found a new way to manage the number of international students in Australia.
It has instructed immigration officials to prioritise student visa applications for all institutions, until they near the individual caps the government proposed for them earlier this year.
This will work as an informal...





