Student visa applications


Sneaky new laws that terminate student visas

A new bill is before parliament that gives the Immigration Minister the power to deny long term international students their applications for permanent residency. Peter Mares reports.

Kohler: The bulldozer crushing of our education industry

The new changes to the skilled migration program are crushing one of Australia’s biggest export industries: education. It wasn’t all shonky colleges, writes Alan Kohler, international students spent a whopping A$13.7b in 2007-08.

Indian students and Immigration: a case of too many cooks …

In the second of a three-part series, Geoff Maslen looks at immigration law and the stampede for visas by foreign students. What happens now to students who thought that would qualify for residency?

Alexander Downer gets tough on Zimbabwe leaders’ kids

Australia has always been quick to condemn Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s crumbling regime. But its tough stance was — until this morning — undermined by the fact that children of leading party Zanu PF are living and studying in Australia. No longer. Jane Nethercote reports.