The usual lobbyists and immigration influencers have slammed the Albanese government’s announced increase in fees for international students from $710 to $1,600.
Immigration influencer Abul Rizvi, who seems to attack any policy that would lower migrant numbers, claimed the fees are “really poor, short-term thinking. We’re actually shooting ourselves in the foot: the people it will deter will tend to be good students with options”.
Chief lobbyist and rent seeker for the education-migration sector, Phil Honeywood, claimed the fee increase equated to “death by 1,000 cuts”.
