Australian work visa eligibility for international students is set to be expanded to counteract an anticipated loss of the fee-paying pupils due to coronavirus. The federal government is considering changes to its post-study work visa program to lure more international students to enrol in Australian courses. That had set back plans to fly in international students in time for the second semester. A similar proposal in Victoria to fly in 7000 international students was also scrapped. Plans by the University of Canberra and Australian National University to organise two 350-passenger flights for arriving students were also being revised.

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2020 23:29 UTC