Peter Dutton to slash student visas in immigration overhaul

Peter Dutton's Coalition plans to tackle the lodging situation by cutting the fig of planetary students successful higher acquisition by 80,000.

The drastic driblet successful assemblage and VET pupil intake volition soon beryllium unveiled arsenic portion of Mr Dutton's immigration policy, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The determination would spot Australia's acceptance of overseas students driblet from a precocious of 320,000 successful 2023 to astir 240,000 done a percent headdress astatine nationalist universities.

The headdress is expected to beryllium astir 25 per cent but volition beryllium determined successful authorities with entree to the latest information and successful consultation with the sector.

Based connected 2023 enrolments data, the Coalition expects the measurement volition overwhelmingly impact metropolitan – particularly Group of Eight universities – wherever unit connected lodging and infrastructure is astir acute.

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