No pay for agents poaching international students – Labor

Education agents will be banned from receiving commissions for poaching students enrolled in other institutions under an Australian federal government crackdown on the embattled international education sector, writes Caitlin Cassidy for The Guardian Australia.

Over the coming days, Labor will announce a host of reforms in response to a review led by former Victoria police chief commissioner Christine Nixon into the exploitation of Australia’s visa system.

The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, said the next steps would aim to restore integrity in Australia’s international education system and protect students from harm. “The party is over, the rorts and loopholes that have plagued this system will be shut down,” she said.
Full report on The Guardian Australia site