Australia and New Zealand

‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it, says Duncan Maskell

Attorney general says bill will create a ‘powerful, independent voice’ to protect students from sexual violence

Senate victory a win for government following defeat of caps

Keeping costs down ‘not an objective’ for research-addicted sector, says accountancy professor  

Questions cause alarm but the panel ‘wouldn’t be doing its job’ if it avoided them, commentators say

Non-metropolitan institutions should be treated differently from their city cousins if overseas admissions are limited, says northern Australian MP

Better to revise the previous government’s tuition fee hikes than redirect taxpayers’ money into wealthy graduates’ pockets, says Maxwell Yong

‘Consultancy addiction’ contributes to boom-bust hiring practices in a sector where executives routinely ‘out-earn the premier’

Prolonged integrity problems, ongoing visa chaos, harsher caps to come: the post-caps prospects for Australian international education

Country could accommodate more overseas learners, according to poll of locals’ attitudes

Crossbench party wants debt reduction legislated straight away, while opposition dismisses measure as an elitist ‘election bribe’

Visa processing chaos set to continue amid opposition parties’ rejection of proposal to limit international student numbers