Education Minister Dan Tehan promises “maximum flexibility”

“Our Government will work to provide surety to students and academics whose visas are impacted by the Australian Government’s response to the coronavirus,” Mr Tehan announced last night. He added the government has, “offered maximum flexibility from the sector regulators, to ensure providers can best respond given their circumstances.”

Following the government’s Saturday decision to ban arrivals from China for a fortnight Mr Tehan met yesterday with both the board of Universities Australia and the Council for International Education’s Global Reputation Taskforce.

Unis Aus chair Deborah Terry said last night, ““That offer of ‘maximum flexibility’ from Government is so important – and we appreciate the commitment to work closely together through the challenges this situation presents.”