Australia is suspending new applications from vocational education providers seeking to enroll international students for 12 months. This move aims to address integrity concerns within the sector and allows regulators to review existing applications with greater scrutiny. Public institutions and existing providers are exempt from this suspension.

Australia suspends private colleges from applying to offer new courses to international students as part of a crackdown on abuse in the student visa system.

Points test for permanent migration also slated for reform, as Canberra eyes new methods of curtailing numbers