‘Stop torturing international students’: foreigners react to caps chaos

Students and university leaders are digesting what the blocking of student caps legislation mean for them.

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Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Aspiring international students said the sudden torpedoing of the Albanese government’s plan to cap new enrolments was chaotic, confusing and will cause even more damage to Australia’s reputation as a study destination. Future students scrambled on Tuesday to work out what the reversal meant for their university applications or visas next year, and vice-chancellors said they would not engage in an enrolment “feeding frenzy” after the Coalition and Greens combined to block Labor’s caps.

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