Group of Eight wrong on foreign student caps

Over the weekend, Liberal leader Peter Dutton announced that a Coalition government would cap international student numbers to 25% of an individual university’s enrolments if elected.

Dutton claims that his changes across universities and VET would slash international student numbers by about 80,000 enrolments, ease the housing crisis, and help regional universities.

As expected, the elite Group of Eight universities have hit back, claiming the caps would “deter high-quality students” from sandstone universities.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.