Wendy Askew (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 639, relating to an order for the production of documents.

Leave granted.

I amend the motion in the terms circulated in the chamber and, at the request of Senator Henderson, move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer or the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, as applicable, by no later than 5 pm on 9 October 2024, a copy of the document or documents which includes the following data:

(a) the number of student visas applied for, issued and rejected in the years 2019 and 2022 on a month-by-month basis, by number, broken down into each sub-category of visa (ie school, public university, private higher education provider, private vocational and education training (VET) provider etc.);

(b) the number of current or former student visa holders who have lodged a protection visa application for each month, for each of the calendar years 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024;

(c) the number of current or former student visa holders who have lodged an appeal to a refusal or cancellation for each month, for each of the calendar years 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024;

(d) with respect to net overseas migration (NOM) as forecast in the 2024-25 Federal Budget, the sub-components which make up the NOM forecasts being overseas migrant arrivals by visa and citizenship group as well as the overseas migrant departures by visa and citizenship group;

(e) within the 'student—higher education' category of the NOM forecasts as set out in the 2024-25 Federal Budget, the breakdown between the students attending public universities, private higher education providers and private VET providers; and

(f) Treasury's current internal working calculations of the NOM.

Question agreed to.