"Student visa application fees have risen by nearly 300 per cent to A$2,500 over the past four years, while English-language requirements and minimum savings thresholds for graduate visa applicants have also been tightened.
“It is chipping away the confidence in what has been a great national asset for this country — international education,” Luke Sheehy, the chief executive officer of Universities Australia, said in a radio interview with public broadcaster ABC on the proposed policy shift."
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