The Australian migration system needs to ensure the international student education system is “doing what it says on the label”, says Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil.
“That is educating brilliant young minds from around the region that Australia is very proud to do,” Ms O’Neil said in a National Press Club conference on Thursday.
“So I’m working with Jason Clare and Brendan O’Connor to bring forward a series of reforms that will see us ensure that system is principally about education as it says.”
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