Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Education. Minister, your government's Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill is a blatant attack on international students, student choice and university independence. It is a power grab and a self-interested, politically driven approach to higher education which will be terrible for Australia's reputation as a place to study. Not since Scott Morrison's disastrous Job-ready Graduates Package have we seen such strong opposition from the sector, with everyone from the Group of Eight and Universities Australia to the New South Wales and South Australian governments lining up to slam the bill. Everyone I've spoken to—unions, experts, unis and students—all hate this bill. Will you dump the destructive international student caps bill?