DARK SECRETS: 2 | Vintage Vibes

Alarm bells over Australian universities’ financial dependence on international students

Critics across the sector say institutions have become trapped in an unstable business model as they try to make up for loss of government funding

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2024

Labor hikes international student visa fees as sector warns of ‘death by 1,000 cuts’

Australia’s charge out of step with competitors – ‘why would you waste that much money when you have more surety of going to the USA?’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2024

Immigration being unfairly blamed for housing crisis, former dep sec says

'It's just not a sustainable strategy.'

The Canberra Times · Jun 18, 2024

New record set for number of international students in Australia

The figure helped push the total of temporary entrants to 2.8 million, another record

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2024

Clare O’Neil won’t rule out international student cap as part of visa crackdown

Home affairs minister insists forecasts showing 185,000 fewer people will migrate to Australia are an estimate, not a ‘target’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2023

Dutton gave Australia ‘an underclass – his greatest legacy’, says former top official

"An underclass. That is what Mr Dutton has given us. That is his greatest legacy, the creation of a permanent underclass of unsuccessful asylum seekers.

The New Daily · May 15, 2023

Thousands of Australian visa decisions may be affected by high court ruling, experts warn

Advocates fear court’s decision rejecting Coalition-era policy could result in a hasty legislative fix

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2023

‘Record’ 100,000 people seeking asylum who remain in Australia

Of that number, 72,875 have had their claims refused but are yet to be deported according to government figures

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Morrison’s legacy lives on as second secret MP named

The story of Scott Morrison’s secret assumption of the powers to run much of the Australian government continues to surprise.

The New Daily · Mar 16, 2023

Australian residents stuck overseas during Covid denied citizenship by government

Tribunal ruling says there is ‘no leeway’ for woman who was in Saudi Arabia visiting her son when borders shut

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2023