Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2011 and the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Registration Charges Consequentials) Bill 2011. In 2010 overseas full-fee paying students contributed $18.5 billion in export income to the Australian economy. That is certainly an impressive number and, to listen to Senator Mason, it sounds like he gets excited by these figures.