Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Bilyk, who, along with many of my colleagues, has had a lifelong interest in and support for education in our country. So thank you, Senator Bilyk, for your question. You'll remember that, back in May, the Albanese Labor government introduced legislation to limit the number of international students that can come to Australia. We took this responsible action to return the number of international students to a sustainable level and to encourage universities to develop new student housing.

I want to make clear: we value our international education industry and we value the contribution of migrants to Australia, but we've also heard the message from the Australian people that they do want migration to come down to a sustainable level. That's why we've taken a number of steps, which, already, are bringing our migration levels down.